Robert Shippen ( 1675 - 1745 )

Birth: Prestbury, Cheshire (1675) Death: St Andrew's, Holborn, London (1745) Burial: Brasenose College chapel, Oxford Education: Stockport Grammar School; Merton College, Oxford; BA (1696); Brasenose College, Oxford; MA (1699), BD (1710), DD (1710) Career: Fellow of Brasenose; Professor of Music at Gresham College, London (1705-1710); Rector of Great Billing, Northamptonshire (1710-1712); Master of Brasenose (1710-1745); Rector of Whitechapel, Middlesex (1716); Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (1718-1723); Rector of Amersham, Buckinghamshire (1744) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 20/11/1706 Proposers: Edward Lany.