Joseph Proctor (academic)

Joseph Proctor (also Procter, died 1845) was an academic of the University of Cambridge in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Proctor was born in Stow, Lincolnshire,[1] and educated at Leeds Grammar School.

[2] He was admitted St Catharine's Hall, Cambridge on 18 January 1779, graduating B.A.

[4] Proctor served as a fellow of St Catharine's 1783–1799, and as master 1799–1845.

[5] He was Rector of Steeple Gidding 1807–34, Walgrave 1810–17 and Conington 1824–34,[4] and a prebendary of Norwich Cathedral.