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John Adams, D.D. was an academic in the eighteenth century.

Adams was born at Newport, Shropshire and educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was elected a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1714; and ordained a priest of the Church of England on 23 December 1716. Adams was Master of Sidney from 1730 until his death on 12 August 1746; and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1735 to 1736.

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  1. "The colleges and halls: Sidney Sussex". British History Online. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. 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. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p4
  3. "History of the Vice-Chancellorship | Vice-Chancellor's Office". v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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