Charles Buller Heberden
Charles Buller Heberden | |
|---|---|
| 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 (aged 71) |
| 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.
Charles Heberden was born at Broadhembury in Devon. He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford from 1868, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Jowett.[3]
Heberden edited a book on the history of Brasenose College, published in 1909.[4] He funded a Harrow Scholarship for Brasenose College in 1916 and an Organ Scholarship in 1921 at his death.[5] He also left £1,000 to the University, which was used for the Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum.[6]
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, Balliol College Library, Oxford.
- ^ Charles Buller Heberden, ed. (1909), Brasenose College Register, 1509–1909 [Oxford Historical Series; no. 55], Oxford: Blackwell for the Oxford Historical Society, OCLC 222963720
{{citation}}:|author=has generic name (help). - ^ 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
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