Philip Morant (6 October 1700, Jersey – 25 November 1770, Battersea) was an English clergyman, author and historian. He was educated at Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford. Ordained in 1722, he began his association with the county of Essex with a curacy at Great Waltham. Morant wrote The History and Antiquities of Colchester, published in 1748 and The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex published in two volumes between 1763 and 1768.
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- Philip Morant (6 October 1700, Jersey – 25 November 1770, Battersea) was an English clergyman, author and historian. He was educated at Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford. Ordained in 1722, he began his association with the county of Essex with a curacy at Great Waltham. Morant wrote The History and Antiquities of Colchester, published in 1748 and The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex published in two volumes between 1763 and 1768. There is now a school named after him, in Prettygate, an area near the town of Colchester. Currently there is building work going on to extend the college.
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- Philip Morant (6 October 1700, Jersey – 25 November 1770, Battersea) was an English clergyman, author and historian. He was educated at Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford. Ordained in 1722, he began his association with the county of Essex with a curacy at Great Waltham. Morant wrote The History and Antiquities of Colchester, published in 1748 and The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex published in two volumes between 1763 and 1768.
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