Bentham, James
Bentham, James
an English clergyman, was born at Ely in 1708. He was educated at Cambridge, and after several rectorships he obtained a stall in the cathedral of that city, and published, at Cambridge, in 1771, The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Ely, from 675 to 1771. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.