Albert Watson (academic)

The Rev. Albert Watson (21 April 1828 - 21 November 1904)[1] was an Oxford college head in the 19th-century.[2]

Watson was born in Astley, Worcestershire and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] A classicist, he was Fellow of Brasenose from 1852 to 1886. He was a Tutor from 1854 to 1867; a Lecturer from 1867 to 1870; and Bursar from 1871 until his election as Principal of Brasenose[4] in 1886.[5] He resigned in 1889;[6] and died in 1904.

Notes
  1. 'Obituary. The Rev Albert Watson' The Times Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1904 Issue 37558 p.4
  2. Victorian Web
  3. Alumni Oxonienses 15715-1886 Part II Vol ii (Surnames beginning S-Z)
  4. BNC web-site
  5. 'University Intelligence' The Times Saturday, Feb. 27, 1886 Issue 31694 p.10
  6. 'University Intelligence' The Times Thursday, July 11, 1889 Issue 32748 p.10
Academic offices
Preceded by
Edward Hartopp Cradock		 Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
1886–1889		 Succeeded by
Charles Buller Heberden
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