10 October 1747 A.D. John Potter Dies—83rd of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury
10 October 1747 A.D. John Potter Dies—83 rd of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury John Potter (c. 1674 – 10 October 1747) was Archbishop of Canterbury (1737-1747). Life He was the son of a linen-draper at Wakefield , Yorkshire. At the age of fourteen he entered University College, Oxford , and in 1693 he published notes on Plutarch 's De audiendis poetis and Basil 's Oratio ad juvenes . In 1694 he was elected fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford and in 1697 his edition of Lycophron appeared. It was followed by his Archaeologia graeca (2 vols. 8vo, 1697–1698), the popularity of which endured till the advent of Dr William Smith 's dictionaries. In it he defended the usefulness of prostitution. A reprint of his Lycophron in 1702 was dedicated to Graevius , and the Antiquities was afterwards published in Latin in the Thesaurus of Gronovius . Besides holding several livings he became, in 1704, chaplain to Archbishop Tenison , and shortly afterwards was made cha...