Henry Boyd (academic)

For other people named Henry Boyd, see Henry Boyd (disambiguation).

Henry Boyd (1831–1922) was a British clergyman, academic, and administrator at the University of Oxford.^[1]

Boyd attained a BA degree from Hertford College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1854 and was perpetual curate at St Mark's, Victoria Docks in Silvertown, London, from 1862 to 1874. He became a Fellow at Hertford College in 1872 and Principal from 1877 to 1922. He commissioned the architect Sir Thomas Jackson to enlarge and improve the college, including a new hall and chapel, completed in 1907.

At Oxford University, Boyd was Vice-Chancellor from 1890 to 1894. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers (1896–97). He was also a watercolour painter.

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^ "Boyd, Henry". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Volume I: A–F. Oxford University Press. 1995. p. 307.

Academic offices
Preceded by ?	Principal of Hertford College, Oxford 1877–1922	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by James Bellamy	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1890–1894	Succeeded by John Richard Magrath

Persondata
Name	Boyd, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Clergyman, academic, and administrator
Date of birth	1831
Place of birth
Date of death	1922
Place of death

Henry Boyd (academic)

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