Background
He was born in Fressingfield. The son of a plasterer, Vince was admitted as a sizar to Caius College, Cambridge in 1771.
He was born in Fressingfield. The son of a plasterer, Vince was admitted as a sizar to Caius College, Cambridge in 1771.
Sidney Sussex College. Gonville and Caius College.
Migrating to Sidney Sussex College in 1777, he gained his Master of Arts in 1778 and was ordained a clergyman in 1779. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1780 and was Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge from 1796 until his death. He became Archdeacon of Bedford in 1809, and died in Ramsgate.
Royal Society.