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List of principals of Brasenose College, Oxford

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The head of Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is John Bowers, who took up the appointment in October 2015.

List of principals of Brasenose College

Samuel Radcliffe served as principal of Brasenose College, Oxford for 34 years.
Name From To Notes
Matthew Smyth 1512 1548 First principal; died in office
John Hawarden 1548 1565
Thomas Blanchard 1565 1574
Richard Harris 1574 1595
Alexander Nowell 1595 1595
Thomas Singleton 1595 1614 Died in office
Samuel Radcliffe 1614 1648 Ejected by Parliamentary visitors 20 January 1648, but remained at Brasenose; died 26 June 1648
Daniel Greenwood 1648 1660 Parliamentary appointee, 29 February 1648
Thomas Yate 1660 1681 Elected 13 July 1648, in opposition to Greenwood; restored 10 August 1660; died in office
John Meare 1681 1710 Died in office
Robert Shippen 1710 1745 Died in office
Francis Yarborough 1745 1770 Died in office
William Gwyn 1770 1770 Died in office, four months after election
Ralph Cawley 1770 1777 Died in office
Thomas Barker 1777 1785 Died in office
William Cleaver 1785 1809
Frodsham Hodson 1809 1822 Died in office
Ashurst Gilbert 1822 1842
Richard Harington 1842 1853 Died in office
Edward Hartopp Cradock 1853 1886 Died in office
Albert Watson 1886 1889
Charles Buller Heberden 1889 1920
Charles Henry Sampson 1920 1936 Died in office
William Stallybrass 1936 1948 Died in office
Hugh Last 1948 1956
Maurice Platnauer 1956 1960
Noel Frederick Hall 1960 1973
Herbert Hart 1973 1978
Barry Nicholas 1978 1989
David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham 1989 2002
Roger Cashmore 2002 2011
Alan Bowman 2011 2015
John Bowers 2015

References

  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Smyth, William" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 283.
  2. W. (10 February 1886). "In Memoriam: An Obituary of Edward Hartopp Grove afterwards Cradock" (PDF). The Guardian (Anglican newspaper).
  3. "Mr John Bowers QC appointed Principal-Elect of Brasenose". Brasenose College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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