Charles Buller Heberden
Charles Buller Heberden | |
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
In office 1910–1913 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Herbert Warren |
Succeeded by | Thomas Banks Strong |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 December 1849 |
Died | 30 May 1921 71) | (aged
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Charles Buller Heberden (14 December 1849 – 30 May 1921) was an English classical scholar and academic administrator. He was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford (1889–1920)[1][2] and served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.
Life
He was born at Broadhembury in Devon, the son of the Rev. William Heberden. He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford from 1868, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Jowett.[3][4]
Heberden edited a book on the history of Brasenose College, published in 1909.[5] He funded a Harrow Scholarship for Brasenose College in 1916 and an Organ Scholarship in 1921 at his death.[6] He also left £1,000 to the University, which was used for the Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum.[7]
Heberden is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford.
References
- ↑ Brasenose College, Oxford — Principals.
- ↑ Brasenose College, A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 207–219.
- ↑ Jowett Papers: Index of BJ's contemporaries Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine., Balliol College Library, Oxford.
- ↑ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Heberden, Charles Buller
- ↑ Charles Buller Heberden, ed. (1909), Brasenose College Register, 1509–1909 [Oxford Historical Series; no. 55], Oxford: Blackwell for the Oxford Historical Society, OCLC 222963720 .
- ↑ Statutes of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, Brasenose College, Oxford, 28 April 1954. (Last amended December 1999.)
- ↑ C.M. Kraay and C.H.V. Sutherland, The Heberden Coin Room: Origin and Development, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972. (Revised 1989 and 2001.)
External links
- Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by Albert Watson |
Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford 1889–1920 |
Succeeded by Charles Henry Sampson |
Preceded by Thomas Herbert Warren |
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1910–1913 |
Succeeded by Thomas Strong |