- John Covel
John Covel (1638 - 19 December 1722) was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of
Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University. [Elisabeth Leedham-Green, ‘Covel , John (1638–1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6471, accessed 23 Dec 2007] ]In 1670 he went to
Constantinople as Chaplin to the Levant company. For a time he was in sole charge of the embassy there. He travelled widely in Asia Minor and described the buildings and plants which he saw. After his return and a period as Chaplin to the Princess of Orange inThe Hague , he was elected the 15th Master of Christ's in 1688, a position he held until 1723 [ [http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/people/master/prev-master/ Christ's College website - list of previous masters] ] . In his later years he developed the study of fossils. [Christ's College Magazine No 154, Easter term 1942]References
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