Background
Son of the Review Joseph Disney, Master of Arts, vicar of Cranbrook and Appledore with the chapel of Ebony in Kent, was born 29 September 1731.
Son of the Review Joseph Disney, Master of Arts, vicar of Cranbrook and Appledore with the chapel of Ebony in Kent, was born 29 September 1731.
He was educated at Merchant Taylors" School under Mr. Creech, and entered as a pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, 26 January 1748.
He graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1753 (when he was senior wrangler), Master of Arts 1756, and Doctor of Divinity 1789. He was admitted minor fellow in 1754, major fellow in 1756, and third sub-lector in 1757. From 1757 to 1771 he was Regius Professor of Hebrew.
In 1777 he became vicar of Pluckley in Kent, a living in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, where he died 28 March 1807.