George Huddesford (academic)

For his son, the painter and satirical poet, see George Huddesford.

George Huddesford (1699? – 1776), D.D., was an English academic administrator and museum keeper at the University of Oxford.

Huddesford was elected President (head) of Trinity College, Oxford in 1731, a post he held until 1776.^[1] During his time as President of Trinity College, he was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 1732 to 1755. He was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1753 until 1756.^[2]^[3]

Rev. George Huddesford (1749–1809), a painter and satirical poet based in Oxford, was his son. His younger son, William Huddesford took over from his father as Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in 1755.^[4]

References

^ H. E. Salter, H. E. and Lobel, Mary D., ed (1954). "Trinity College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 132–143. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63885. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
^ "Vice-Chancellors from the year 1660". The Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1817. pp. 27–28. http://books.google.com/books?id=B7kUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA27. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
^ M. St John Parker, ‘Huddesford, William (bap. 1732, d. 1772)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edition, January 2008, accessed 16 February 2010. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14025.

Academic offices
Preceded by William Dobson	President of Trinity College, Oxford 1731–1776	Succeeded by Joseph Chapman
Preceded by John Browne	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1753–1756	Succeeded by Thomas Randolph

Persondata
Name	Huddesford, George
Alternative names
Short description	Academic administrator and museum keeper
Date of birth	1699?
Place of birth	England
Date of death	1776
Place of death	England