John Hollingworth (priest)

John Banks Hollingworth (14 December 1779 – 9 February 1856) was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 25 February 1828 until his death.[1]

Hollingworth was born in London to John and Elizabeth Hollingworth.[2] He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1804. He held incumbencies at Little St Mary's, Cambridge and St Margaret Lothbury; and was Norrisian Professor of Divinity from 1824 to 1838.[4]

  1. ^ British History On-line
  2. ^ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812
  3. ^ Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part II vol. iii p417
  4. ^ Divinity, Cambridge