List of Masters of University College, Oxford
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The head of University College
, Oxford
is known as the Master
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University College was founded by William of Durham
with a legacy in 1249. The names of early Masters are not known. The earliest surviving College Register starts from 1509 and dates before that are uncertain.
University College, Oxford
.University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m...
, 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...
is known as the Master
Master (college)
A Master is the title of the head of some colleges and other educational institutions. This applies especially at some colleges and institutions at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .- See also :* Master A Master (or in female form Mistress) is the title of the head of some...
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University College was founded by William of Durham
William of Durham
William of Durham , who is said to have founded University College, Oxford, England. He probably came from Sedgefield, County Durham and was educated at Wearmouth monastery and in Paris, France....
with a legacy in 1249. The names of early Masters are not known. The earliest surviving College Register starts from 1509 and dates before that are uncertain.
- Roger de Aswardby (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1353–62) - William Kexby (fl. 1376–79)
- Thomas FostonThomas FostonThomas Foston was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Foston was a mature commoner and Fellow of University College. As senior Fellow of the College, he became Master in 1393, ratified by the Chancellor of Oxford University for two years, and remained in the post until 1396.-...
(1393–96) - Thomas DuffieldThomas Duffield (academic)Thomas Duffield was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Duffield became Master of the College in 1396 and remained in the post until 1398.- References :...
(1396–98) - Edmund Lacy (1398–c.1401)
- John AppletonJohn Appleton (academic)John Appleton was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Appleton was a mature commoner and Fellow of University College. He became Master of the College circa 1401 and remained in the post until about 1408...
(c.1401–08) - John CastellJohn CastellJohn Castell was a Master of University College, Oxford, and later a Chancellor of the University of OxfordCastell was a Fellow of University College. He became Master of the College in circa 1408. He also held preferment in the Diocese of York with his mastership...
(c.1408–20) - Robert BurtonRobert Burton (academic)Robert Burton was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Burton was a mature commoner and Fellow of University College. He was sentenced to excommunication for Lollardy leanings along with the then master John Castell, other Fellows, and indeed the entire College, in 1411 by the Archbishop...
(1420–23/4) - Richard WittonRichard WittonRichard Witton was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Witton was Fellow at University College and also a tenant of a College property. He became Master in 1423 or 1424, a post he held until 1428. He claimed that King Alfred had endowed the College with 78 Fellows, which was a complete...
(1423/4–28) - Thomas BenwellThomas BenwellThomas Benwell was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Benwell was a mature commoner and Fellow at University College. He was also a tenant of a College property. He became Master in 1428, a post he held until 1441. He was said to be an eminent preacher according to Thomas Caius, a...
(1428–41) - John MartynJohn Martyn (academic)John Martyn , aka John Marten, was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Martyn was a Fellow at University College from 1427. As the Senior Fellow of the College, he became Master in 1441, a post he held until his death in 1473. This was a long time , especially for the period. It is...
(1441–73) - William GregfordWilliam GregfordWilliam Gregford was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Gregford was a Fellow at University College from 1453/4. He was vicar of Shipton-under-Wychwood in west Oxfordshire from 1565. He became Master in 1473 until his death in 1487 or 1488...
(1473–87/8) - John RoxboroughJohn RoxboroughJohn Roxborough was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Roxborough, from Durham, held parishes in Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Surrey. He was Senior Fellow at University College when he was appointed Master in 1487 or 1488.- References :...
(1487/8–1509) - Ralph HamsterleyRalph HamsterleyRalph Hamsterley was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Hamsterley was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He had livings and canonries in Durham, Essex, and Northamptonshire. He was rector at Oddington in Otmoor, west Oxfordshire. In 1507 and 1508, he failed to become Warden of...
(1509–18) - Leonard HutchinsonLeonard HutchinsonLeonard Hutchinson was a Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford, England.Hutchinson was for a time a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was first recorded as being a Fellow of University College in 1514–15...
(1518–46) - John CrayfordJohn CrayfordJohn Crayford was a Master of both Clare College, Cambridge and University College, Oxford, England. Martyn was unusual in being a Master of colleges at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was the only Master of University College to also have been a Master at a Cambridge...
(1546–47) - Richard SalveynRichard SalveynRichard Salveyn was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Salveyn was from a Durham family. He was a Fellow of University College and became Master of the College in June 1547. He resigned from the position in October 1551...
(1547–51) - George EllisonGeorge Ellison (academic)George Ellison was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Ellison was a Fellow of University College and was elected Master of the College on 30 November 1551. He died in post in June 1557....
(1551–57) - Anthony SalveynAnthony SalveynAnthony Salveyn was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Anthony Salveyn was Master of Sherburn Hospital in County Durham and also held a stall as a canon at Durham Cathedral....
(1557–58) - James DugdaleJames DugdaleJames Dugdale was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford.James Dugdale become a Fellow of University College in 1547. Dugdale was Master from 1558, but only for a short period, since he refused to support Queen Elizabeth I with the Oath of...
(1558–61) - Thomas CaiusThomas CaiusThomas Caius was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford.Caius was Registrar of the University of Oxford from 1535 to 1552. He was rejected as Master of University College in 1552, but was elected in 1561. In 1560, he was appointed a prebendary...
(1561–72) - William James (1572–84)
- Anthony GateAnthony GateAnthony Gate was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford.At Oxford University, Gate took his MA degree in 1572 and his B.Med. in 1580. He was the first layman to be elected Master of University College. He took office on 15 September 1584, after...
(1584–97) - George Abbot (1597–1610)
- John BancroftJohn Bancroft (bishop)John Bancroft was a Bishop of Oxford and a University of Oxford administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford.John Bancroft was the nephew of Richard Bancroft , Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of Oxford University. He was a student at Christ Church, Oxford...
(1610–32) - Thomas WalkerThomas Walker (academic)Thomas Walker was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was twice Master of University College, Oxford.Walker was a Fellow at St John's College, Oxford...
(1632–48) - Joshua HoyleJoshua HoyleJoshua Hoyle was a Professor of Divinity at Trinity College, Dublin and Master of University College, Oxford during the Commonwealth of England.-Life:...
(1648–54) - Francis JohnsonFrancis Johnson (academic)Francis Johnson was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford.Johnson was Master during the Commonwealth of England. On 5 May 1660, Charles II was declared King in the Restoration. On 1 August 1660, Johnson had to defend his position as Master of University...
(1655–60) - Thomas WalkerThomas Walker (academic)Thomas Walker was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was twice Master of University College, Oxford.Walker was a Fellow at St John's College, Oxford...
(1660–65) - Richard ClaytonRichard Clayton (academic)Richard Clayton was a Canon, Oxford academic and administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford from 1665 until his death in 1676....
(1665–76) - Obadiah WalkerObadiah WalkerObadiah Walker was an English academic and Master of University College, Oxford from 1676 to 1688.-Life:Walker was born at Darfield near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and was educated at University College, Oxford, becoming a fellow and tutor of this College and a prominent figure in University circles...
(1676–89) - Edward FarrerEdward FarrerEdward Farrer was an Oxford academic and administrator. At the end of his life, he was Master of University College, Oxford for only two years, dying on his close-stool....
(1689–91) - Thomas Bennet (1691–92)
- Arthur CharlettArthur CharlettDr Arthur Charlett was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford for thirty years until his death in 1722...
(1692–1722) - (William DennisonWilliam Dennison (academic)William Dennison was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was a contested Master of University College, Oxford.- Contested Mastership of University College :...
, 1722–29) - Thomas CockmanThomas CockmanRevd Dr Thomas Cockman, Doctor of Divinity was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford.Thomas Cockman was Rector at Chidingstone in Kent in 1705....
(1722/29–45) - John BrowneJohn Browne (academic)Dr John Browne D.D. was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford, and also served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.John Browne was a student at University College and then a Fellow from 1711 to 1739....
(1745–64) - Nathan WetherellNathan WetherellNathan Wetherell D.D. was an academic administrator at the University of Oxford. He was Dean of Hereford, Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.Nathan Wetherell was originally from Durham....
(1764–1807) - James GriffithJames Griffith (academic)Dr James Griffith was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was elected as a Fellow of University College, Oxford in 1784. From 22 January 1808, he was Master of the College until his death in 1821....
(1808–21) - George RowleyGeorge RowleyGeorge Rowley was Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.Rowley was educated at Abingdon School in Abingdon, south of Oxford....
(1821–36) - Frederick Charles PlumptreFrederick Charles PlumptreRevd Dr Frederick Charles Plumptre was a Victorian academic and administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford for many years till the end of his life and concurrently Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University for four years....
(1836–70) - George Granville BradleyGeorge Granville BradleyGeorge Granville Bradley was an English divine, scholar, and schoolteacher.-Life:George Bradley's father, Charles Bradley, was vicar of Glasbury, Brecon....
(1870–81) - James Franck BrightJames Franck BrightDr James Franck Bright MA DD was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford.Franck Bright was the son of the physician Richard Bright. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, and was then master at Marlborough College, where he was Head of the Modern Department...
(1881–1906) - Reginald Walter MacanReginald Walter MacanReginald Walter Macan D.Litt. was a classical scholar. He was a Fellow and then, from March 1906, Master of University College, Oxford. He was only the second layman Master of the College after Anthony Gate, Master from 1584–1597....
(1906–23) - Michael Ernest SadlerMichael Ernest SadlerSir Michael Ernest Sadler KCSI was a British historian, educationalist and university administrator. He worked at the universities of Manchester and Leeds. He was a champion of the public school system.-Early life and education:...
(1923–34) - Arthur Blackburne PoyntonArthur Blackburne PoyntonArthur Blackburne Poynton was a classical scholar. He was a Fellow and later Master of University College, Oxford.Arthur Poynton studied at Balliol College, Oxford from 1885. He was Fellow and Tutor at University College, Oxford from 1894, and Bursar from 1900 to 1935. At University College, he...
(1935–37) - William Henry Beveridge (1937–45)
- John Herbert Severn WildJohn Herbert Severn WildThe Very Revd. John Herbert Severn Wild was Dean of Durham and Master of University College, University of Oxford.J. H. S. Wild was an undergraduate at Brasenose College, Oxford where he studied Greats. He became an assistant curate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Wild was then a Chaplain Fellow of...
(1945–51) - Arthur Lehman GoodhartArthur Lehman GoodhartArthur Lehman Goodhart, KBE, KC was an American-born British academic jurist and lawyer; he was professor of jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1931–51, when he was also a Fellow of University College, Oxford...
(1951–63) - John Redcliffe-MaudJohn Redcliffe-MaudJohn Primatt Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud, GCB, CBE was a British civil servant and diplomat.Born in Bristol, Maud was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. At Oxford he was a member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society . In 1928, he gained a one-year scholarship to...
(1963–76) - Arnold Goodman (1976–86)
- Kingman Brewster (1986–88)
- John AlberyJohn AlberyWyndham John Albery FRS is a British chemist and academic.John Albery was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He undertook his D.Phil. with Ronnie Bell, starting in 1960...
(1989–97) - Robin Butler (1998–2008)
- Ivor CreweIvor CreweSir Ivor Martin Crewe is the Master of University College, Oxford. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex and Professor in the Department of Government....
(2008–)