John Norris, sometimes called John Norris of Bemerton, was an English theologian, philosopher and poet associated with the Cambridge Platonists.
Background
John Norris was born at Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire.
Education
He was educated at Winchester School, and Exeter College, Oxford, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1680.
Career
He was later appointed a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (Master of Arts 1684). He lived a quiet life as a country parson and thinker at Fugglestone Street Peter with Bemerton, Wiltshire, from 1692 until his death early in 1712.
