Anthony Shepherd
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Biography
He was born in Kendal, Westmorland, the elder son of Arthur Shepherd. Following his schooling at Kendal, he was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge on 27 June 1740, at the age of nineteen. He received a BA in 1744 and an MA from Christ's College in 1747; he became a BD in 1761, and a DD in 1766.[2]
In 1777 he was appointed Canon of the seventh stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1796.
He never married and died at his house in Dean Street, Soho, London, on 15 June 1796.
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- List of Plumian Professors Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Society for history of astronomy
- Places named after people by Captain Cook
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- 18th-century British astronomers
- 1720s births
- 1796 deaths
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- English Anglicans
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge
- Canons of Windsor
- Plumian Professors of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy