- John Cranke
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name = John Cranke
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birth_date = 1746
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death_date = death date|1816|9|6|mf=y
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residence =England
nationality = English
field =Mathematician
work_institution =University of Cambridge
alma_mater =University of Cambridge
doctoral_advisor =
doctoral_students = Thomas Jones
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religion =Anglican
footnotes = He is the son of the notable artist James Cranke.John Cranke (1746-1816) is an English scientific thinker and clergyman, particularly notable for starting a
scientific genealogy producing some eight Nobel Prize winners in total. Cranke was admitted as asizar at the age of 21 into Trinity College,University of Cambridge onJuly 1 ,1767 , after graduating fromSedbergh School . His father was James Cranke, a notable artist who has an entry in "Redgrave's Century of English Painters."At the
University of Cambridge , John Cranke obtained a BA in 1771, an MA in 1774, and a BD (Bachelor of Divinity) in 1792. He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1772. At Trinity he acted as a tutor in mathematics and is notable as the mentor of Thomas Jones. In 1774, he became the curate of the Chesterton parish, in Cambridgeshire, and the parish curate ofGreat St Mary's ,Cambridgeshire , 1784-1792. He was vicar of theShudy Camps parish, Cambridgeshire, 1792-1798, then Vicar of Gainford,Durham , during 1798-1816. He diedSeptember 6 ,1816 .cientific genealogy
Cranke is notable as the tutor and academic advisor of
Thomas Jones resulting in ascientific genealogy containing a number ofNobel Prize winners. The branch leading toJ. J. Thomson is as follows:* 1774, MA,
University of Cambridge ,John Cranke
* 1782, MA,University of Cambridge , Thomas Jones
* 1811, MA,University of Cambridge ,Adam Sedgwick
* 1830, MA,University of Cambridge ,William Hopkins
* 1857, MA,University of Cambridge ,Edward John Routh
* 1868, MA,University of Cambridge , John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)
* 1883, MA,University of Cambridge ,J. J. Thomson References
* J. Venn and J.A. Venn, "
Alumni Cantabrigienses ", Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
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