Wolstan Dixie
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| Wolstan Dixie | |
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Lord Mayor of London
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| In office 1585 – 1586 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Pullyson |
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| Succeeded by | George Barne |
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| Born | 1524 |
Sir Wolstan Dixie, born 1524 or 5, died 1594), merchant and administrator, Lord mayor of London in 1585.
[edit] Biography
The Dixie Professorship of Ecclesiastical History is one of the senior professorships in history at the University of Cambridge.
Sir Wolstan Dixie, left funds to found both scholarships and fellowships at Emmanuel College, Cambridge[1]. In 1878 the fellowships were abolished and replaced by the professorship that still bears his name.
[edit] References
- ^ The will of Wolstan Dixie accessed July 2007
