Edward Farrer

Edward Farrer (died 18 February 1691) was an Oxford academic and administrator. At the end of his life, he was Master of University College, Oxford for only two years,[1][2] dying on his close-stool.[3]

Farrer studied at the University of St Andrews, Trinity College, Cambridge,[4] and Magdalen Hall, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in January 1651. Farrer was elected a Fellow of University College in 1651.

He was a curate at Flamstead in Hertfordshire for twenty-five years.

References

  1. ^ Carr, William, University College, Routledge, 1998. ISBN 9780415186322. Chapter VIII, From the Revolution to 1745.
  2. ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.
  3. ^ Cockayne, Emily (2007). Hubbub: Filth Noise & Stench in England. Yale University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-300-13756-9. 
  4. ^ Farrer, Edward in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Obadiah Walker		 Master of University College, Oxford
1689–1691		 Succeeded by
Thomas Bennet