John Sheepshanks (b. Linton 5 May 1765 – d. St Gluvias 17 December 1844) was a nineteenth century Archdeacon of Cornwall."Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity", Richardson, E p197: Cambridge, CUP, 2013
Sheepshanks was educated at Trinity College, CambridgeVenn, John & Venn, John Archibald. 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, Cambridge University Press Part II vol. v p428 and ordained in 1788. He served curacies in Ovington and Leeds,CCED after which he was the incumbent at St Gluvias until his death.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' "The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal" (Truro, England), Friday, 20 December 1844; Issue 4131
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