Misplaced Pages

Henry Boyd (academic)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
English painter For other people named Henry Boyd, see Henry Boyd (disambiguation).

Henry Boyd (1831 – 4 March 1922) 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 was a friend of James Duncan (Sugar refiner, art collector), together they helped to improve the working conditions in London’s East End during the 1870s. 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.

Henry Boyd died on 4 March 1922.

References

  1. "Boyd, Henry". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. I: A–F. Oxford University Press. 1995. p. 307.
  2. "Introduction to James Duncan" (PDF). www.rbge.org.uk. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. "Dr. Henry Boyd Died in England". Victoria Daily Times. London. 6 March 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

Further reading

Academic offices
Preceded byRichard Michell Principal of Hertford College, Oxford
1877–1922
Succeeded bySir Walter Riddell
Preceded byJames Bellamy Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
1890–1894
Succeeded byJohn Richard Magrath


Principals of Hertford College, Oxford
First Foundation
Second Foundation
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
Categories: