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English academic administrator and museum keeper
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.
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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.
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[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.
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References
^ Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Trinity College".
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford .
Victoria County History . pp. 132–143. Retrieved 16 July 2011 .
^
"Previous Vice-Chancellors" .
University of Oxford , UK. Retrieved 16 July 2011 .
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"Vice-Chancellors from the year 1660" . The Oxford University Calendar .
University of Oxford . 1817. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 18 July 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 .
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