John Bell (dean of Ely)

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John Bell was a 16th-century English priest and academic. He studied at Cambridge, earning a BA from Trinity College and an MA and BD from Peterhouse, where he became a Fellow in 1554. He later served as Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 1579 to 1589. In 1589 he became the Dean of Ely, a position he held until his death on 31 October 1591.