John Chevallier

John Chevallier, FRS was an eighteenth-century academic, most notably Master of St John's [College, Cambridge] from 1775 until his death and List of Vice-Chancellors of [the University of Cambridge|Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge] from 1776 until 1777.
He was born the son of Nathaniel Chevalier, a clergyman of Great Casterton, Rutland, and educated at Stamford School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded BA in 1750/51, MA in 1754, BD in 1762 and DD in 1777.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1754 for, according to his candidature citation, "his known Zeal for the Newtonian Philosophy, of which he was the first promoter in Lisbon".