Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wheeler, Benjamin


Wheeler, Benjamin, s. William, of Oxford (city), pleb. Trinity Coll., matric. 12 Nov., 1751, aged 18, B.A. 1755, M.A. 1758; fellow Magdalen Coll. B.D. 1769, D.D. 1770 (proctor 1768), professor of poetry 1766-76, Sedleian professor natural philosophy 1767-82, regius professor of divinity, and canon of Christ Church 1776-83, preb. of St. Paul's 11 July, 1783, died 22 July, 1783.