John Browne (academic)

Dr John Browne D.D. was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford,^[1] and also served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.^[2]

John Browne was a student at University College and then a Fellow from 1711 to 1739. In 1738, Browne became Archdeacon of Northampton. In 1743, he became a Canon of Peterborough Cathedral. From 1745 he was Master of University College.

In 1753, as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Browne chose the design for the Oxford Almanack. This included King Alfred, the supposed founder of University College at the time, in front of the Radcliffe Quad, University College's second quadrangle.

Browne bequeathed his books to the Master of University College and his successors.^[3] The library was originally located in a ground-floor room in the Radcliffe Quad of the College. However, when a new Master's Lodging were built, the books were moved there. They form a decorative backdrop in the dining room in fitted bookcases.

References

^ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford.Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. John Browne, pages 266–274.
^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
^ Gibson, Strickland, Some Oxford Libraries, Oxford University Press, 1914. Digitized on Archive.org.

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Cockman	Master of University College, Oxford 1745–1764	Succeeded by Nathan Wetherell
Preceded by John Purnell	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1750–1753	Succeeded by George Huddesford

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Date of death	1764
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