Farmer, Richard James, 1959-

Richard Farmer (1735-1797) was born in Leicester on 28 August 1735. He attended the free grammar school at Leicester, before entering Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B.A., 1757; M.A., 1760; B.D., 1767; D.D., 1775), where he became a tutor in 1760. He was appointed master of Emmanuel in 1775, and was vice-chancellor of the university, 1775-1776 and 1787-1788. Farmer was made prebendary and chancellor of Lichfield in 1780, and prebendary of Canterbury, 1782, and of St Paul's, 1788. He died at Emmanuel College lodge on 8 September 1797.

From the guide to the Richard Farmer: Poetry, 1752, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

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