Henry Woudhuysen

British academic

Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen, FSA, FBA (born 24 October 1954), is a British academic specialising in Renaissance English literature.^[1] He is the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, having been appointed in 2012.^[2]^[3] He was previously Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London.^[4]

Woudhuysen was educated at St. Paul's School, London, and gained a DPhil degree from the University of Oxford in 1981. His thesis title was Leicester's literary patronage: A study of the English court, 1578–1582.^[5]

In 2010, Woudhuysen was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[6]

References

^ "WOUDHUYSEN, Prof. Henry Ruxton". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ "New Rector of Lincoln College appointed". University of Oxford. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Professor Henry Woudhuysen". britac.ac.uk. The British Academy. 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ Stokes, Matt (31 May 2012). "New Lincoln rector". Oxford Student. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ Woudhuysen, H. R. (1981). Leicester's literary patronage. Oxford Research Archive (Thesis). Dphil. University of Oxford.
^ "Professor Henry Woudhuysen FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

External links

Lincoln College biography
Full text of his doctoral thesis via Oxford Research Archive

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v t e Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford
William Chamberleyn, 1429–34 John Beke, 1434–61 John Tristropp, 1461–79 George Strangways, 1480–8 William Bethome, 1488–93 Thomas Bank, 1493–1503 Thomas Drax, 1503–19 John Cottisford, 1519–39 Hugh Weston, 1539–56 Christopher Hargreaves, 1556–8 Henry Henshaw, 1558–60 Francis Babington, 1560–3 John Bridgewater, 1563–74 John Tatham, 1574–6 John Underhill, 1577–90 Richard Kilby, 1590–1620 Paul Hood, 1621–68 Nathaniel Crew, 1668–72 Thomas Marshall, 1672–85 Fitzherbert Adams, 1685–1719 John Morley, 1719–31 Euseby Isham, 1731–55 Richard Hutchins, 1755–81 Charles Mortimer, 1781–4 John Horner, 1784–92 Edward Tatham, 1792–1834 John Radford, 1834–51 James Thompson, 1851–60 Mark Pattison, 1861–84 William Walter Merry, 1884–1918 John Arthur Ruskin Munro, 1919–44 Keith Anderson Hope Murray, 1944– Walter Fraser Oakeshott, 1953-72 Burke Trend, 1973-83 Vivian Hubert Howard Green, 1983-87 Maurice Shock, 1987-94 Eric Anderson, 1994-2000 Paul Langford, 2000-12 Henry Woudhuysen, 2012

Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford

William Chamberleyn, 1429–34
John Beke, 1434–61
John Tristropp, 1461–79
George Strangways, 1480–8
William Bethome, 1488–93
Thomas Bank, 1493–1503
Thomas Drax, 1503–19
John Cottisford, 1519–39
Hugh Weston, 1539–56
Christopher Hargreaves, 1556–8
Henry Henshaw, 1558–60
Francis Babington, 1560–3
John Bridgewater, 1563–74
John Tatham, 1574–6
John Underhill, 1577–90
Richard Kilby, 1590–1620
Paul Hood, 1621–68
Nathaniel Crew, 1668–72
Thomas Marshall, 1672–85
Fitzherbert Adams, 1685–1719
John Morley, 1719–31
Euseby Isham, 1731–55
Richard Hutchins, 1755–81
Charles Mortimer, 1781–4
John Horner, 1784–92
Edward Tatham, 1792–1834
John Radford, 1834–51
James Thompson, 1851–60
Mark Pattison, 1861–84
William Walter Merry, 1884–1918
John Arthur Ruskin Munro, 1919–44
Keith Anderson Hope Murray, 1944–
Walter Fraser Oakeshott, 1953-72
Burke Trend, 1973-83
Vivian Hubert Howard Green, 1983-87
Maurice Shock, 1987-94
Eric Anderson, 1994-2000
Paul Langford, 2000-12
Henry Woudhuysen, 2012

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