Andrew Snape

Born in 1675, he was educated at Eton College and later at King’s College, Cambridge, where he built his academic career. He became a fellow of King’s, earned senior university degrees, and went on to serve as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

He is best remembered as an Anglican divine and controversial writer. In the heated Bangorian controversy of the 1710s, he emerged as a prominent critic of Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, publishing widely discussed replies and defending traditional church authority.

Alongside his polemical writing, he held important clerical and school posts, including provost of King’s College and head master of Eton College. He died in 1742, leaving a reputation as a learned but combative figure in the religious debates of his time.