Richard Livingstone

For the British property investor, see Richard Livingstone (businessman).

Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (23 January 1880, Liverpool – 26 December 1960, Oxford) was a British classical scholar, educationist, and academic administrator.[1][2] He promoted the classical liberal arts.

Richard Livingstone was the son of an Anglican vicar. His mother was the daughter of an Irish baron. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He remained at Oxford University until 1924 as fellow, tutor, and librarian at Corpus Christi College. In 1920, he served on the Prime Minister’s committee on the classics. During 1920–22, he was co-editor of the Classical Review.

During 1924–33, Livingstone became Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was knighted in 1931.

In 1933, Livingstone returned to Oxford, and became President of Corpus Christi College. In 1944, Livingstone delivered the Rede Lecture at Cambridge on Plato and modern education. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1944 until 1947.

Livingstone retired in 1950 and spent his final years writing and lecturing.

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References

  1. ↑ H. M. Palmer, Livingstone, Sir Richard Winn (1880–1960), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34562
  2. ↑ Sir Richard Winn Livingstone, Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Rev. Thomas Hamilton		 President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
1924–1933 		Succeeded by
Sir Frederick Wolff Ogilvie
Preceded by
Percy Staffod Allen		 President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1933-1950 		Succeeded by
William Francis Ross Hardie
Preceded by
Sir William David Ross		 Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
1944–1947 		Succeeded by
William Teulon Swan Stallybrass