Thomas Gascoigne (academic)

See also Thomas Gascoigne for other people with the same name.

Thomas Gascoigne (1404–1458) was a theologian and academic administrator.^[1]^[2] He was twice Vice-Chancellor and twice Chancellor of Oxford University.

Gascoigne compiled his magnum opus, Dictionarium Theologicum (or Liber de Veritatibus), between c. 1434 and his death in 1458.^[3] In this, he reported the story of Chaucer's deathbed repentance for his literary sins.

References

^ Christina von Nolcken, Gascoigne , Thomas (1404–1458), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10425
^ E.A. Livingstone, Gascoigne, Thomas, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 2000.
^ Vaughan, Miceal F. Personal politics and Thomas Gascoigne's account of Chaucer's death. Medium Aevum, 22 March 2006.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Burbach	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1434	Succeeded by Nicholas Faux
Preceded by John Gorsuch, William Hawtrine	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1439	Succeeded by John Gorsuch
Preceded by William Grey	Chancellor of Oxford University 1442	Succeeded by Henry Sever
Preceded by Henry Sever	Chancellor of Oxford University 1443–1445	Succeeded by Robert Thwaits

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Name	Gascoigne, Thomas
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Date of birth	1404
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Date of death	1458
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