Stephen Whisson (1710 – 3 November 1783) was a tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and coached 72 students in the 1744–1754 period.
Biography
Wisson was from St Neots, Huntingdonshire and was the son of a publican. In 1735, he matriculated from Wakefield School, Yorkshire.
On 29 November 1734, he was admitted as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar in 1738.
Timeline
1738/9 BA
1742 MA
1761 BD
1741 Fellow of Trinity
1744 Taxor
1751-83 Cambridge University librarian
1752-80 Senior bursar
1757-58 Senior proctor
1739 ordained deacon
1741 priest
1746 - c. 1766 Vicar of Babraham, Cambridgeshire. 1753-71 Rector of Shimpling, Norfolk. 1771-83 Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire. 1783 Buried in Trinity Chapel.