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John Covel (2 April 1638 – 19 December 1722) was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University.^[1]

John Covel was born at Horningsheath, Suffolk, the son of William Covel. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds school and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was made a fellow in 1659.^[2] In 1670 he went to Constantinople as Chaplin to the Levant Company. For a time he was in sole charge of the embassy there. He travelled widely in Asia Minor and described the buildings and plants which he saw. He purchased a lot of Greek manuscripts (like codex 65, 321, 322, ℓ 150). After his return and a period as Chaplin to the Princess of Orange in The Hague, he was elected the 15th Master of Christ's in 1688, a position he held until 1723^[3]. In his later years he developed the study of fossils.^[4]

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^ Elisabeth Leedham-Green, ‘Covel , John (1638–1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 23 Dec 2007
^ Covel or Covill, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ Christ's College website - list of previous masters
^ Christ's College Magazine No 154, Easter term 1942

Academic offices
Preceded by Ralph Cudworth	Master of Christ's College, Cambridge 1688–1722	Succeeded by William Towers

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[0] Elisabeth Leedham-Green, ‘Covel , John (1638–1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 23 Dec 2007

[1] Covel or Covill, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

[2] Christ's College website - list of previous masters

[3] Christ's College Magazine No 154, Easter term 1942

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