Henry Boyd (academic)
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Henry Boyd was a British
clergyman, academic, and administrator at the University of Oxford
.
Boyd attained a BA degree from Hertford College, Oxford
. He was ordained in 1854 and was perpetual curate
at St Mark's, Victoria Docks in Silvertown
, London
, from 1862 to 1874. He became a Fellow at Hertford College in 1872 and Principal from 1877 to 1922. He commissioned the architect Sir Thomas Jackson
to enlarge and improve the college, including a new hall and chapel, completed in 1907.
At Oxford University, Boyd was Vice-Chancellor from 1890 to 1894. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers
(1896–97). He was also a watercolour painter.
United Kingdom
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clergyman, academic, and administrator at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
.
Boyd attained a BA degree from Hertford College, Oxford
Hertford College, Oxford
Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library. As of 2006, the college had a financial endowment of £52m. There are 612 students , plus various visiting...
. He was ordained in 1854 and was perpetual curate
Perpetual curate
A Perpetual Curate was a clergyman of the Church of England officiating as parish priest in a small or sparsely peopled parish or districtAs noted below the term perpetual was not to be understood literally but was used to indicate he was not a curate but the parish priest and of higher...
at St Mark's, Victoria Docks in Silvertown
Silvertown
Silvertown is an industrialised district on the north bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Newham. It was named after Samuel Winkworth Silver's former rubber factory which opened in 1852, and is now dominated by the Tate & Lyle sugar refinery and the John Knight ABP animal rendering...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, from 1862 to 1874. He became a Fellow at Hertford College in 1872 and Principal from 1877 to 1922. He commissioned the architect Sir Thomas Jackson
Thomas Graham Jackson
Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet RA was one of the most distinguished English architects of his generation...
to enlarge and improve the college, including a new hall and chapel, completed in 1907.
At Oxford University, Boyd was Vice-Chancellor from 1890 to 1894. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers
Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 108 Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London but is more usually known...
(1896–97). He was also a watercolour painter.
Further reading
- Alfred Cochrane, ‘Boyd, Henry (1831–1922)’, rev. Roger T. Stearn,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.