Thomas Sprat


Thomas Sprat

FRS
Bishop of Rochester
Sprat by Michael Dahl
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseRochester
Installed1684
PredecessorFrancis Turner
SuccessorFrancis Atterbury
Other post(s)Dean of Westminster
Orders
Ordination1660 or earlier
Consecration2 November 1684
by William Sancroft
Personal details
Born1635
Beaminster, Dorset
Died20 May 1713(1713-05-20) (aged 77–78)
Bromley, Kent
BuriedSt Nicholas' Chapel
NationalityEnglish
DenominationChurch of England
ResidenceBishop's Palace, Bromley
SpouseHelen Wolseley
ChildrenThomas Sprat FRS, Archdeacon of Rochester
ProfessionClergyman
Alma materWadham College, Oxford

Thomas Sprat, FRS (1635 – 20 May 1713) was an English churchman and writer, Bishop of Rochester from 1684.