Peter Godard

English priest and academic (1705–1781)

Peter Stephen Godard, D.D. (b & d. Cambridge 28 August 1705 - 11 July 1781) was Master of Clare College from 1762 until his death.^[1]

Godard was educated at Merchant Taylors' and Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1727. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1730. He held incumbencies at Fornham All Saints and Whepstead.^[2] Godard was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1762 and 1763.^[3]

References

1. 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, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p226
2. theclergydatabase
3. Full List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge