Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whitaker, John (2)
Whitaker, John, s. James, of Manchester, Lancashire, gent. Brasenose Coll., matric. 5 March, 1752, aged 17; scholar Corpus Christi Coll. 1753-63, B.A. 1755, M.A. 1759, fellow 1763, B.D, 1767, historian and antiquary, morning preacher Berkeley Chapel, London, 1773, rector of Ruan Lanyhorne, Cornwall, 1777, until his death 30 Oct., 1808, author of a 'History of Manchester.' See Manchester School Reg., i. 18.