Thomas Singleton (academic)

Thomas Singleton (1552 – 29 November 1614) was an English clergyman and academic.

Singleton studied at Clare Hall, Cambridge for four years,[1] before moving to Brasenose College, Oxford in 1573. He graduated B.A. 1574, M.A. 1578, B.D. 1586, D.D. 1597. He became a Fellow of Brasenose in 1576,[2] and was Proctor in 1585–86.[3] He was Principal of Brasenose College from 1595 until his death in 1614.[4] He was twice Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oxford during 1598–9 and 1611–14.[5][6]

In the church, Singleton was a canon of St Paul's Cathedral from 1597, and of Hereford Cathedral from 1614.[2][7]

Singleton died on 29 November 1614, and was buried in St Mary's Church.[2]

References

  1. "Singleton, Thomas (SNGN566T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). "Rabbetts-Rhodes". Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714. Oxford. pp. 1350–1368. Retrieved 21 August 2022 via British History Online.
  3. Pointer, John (1749). Oxoniensis Academia: Or, The Antiquities and Curiosities of the University of Oxford. Oxford: S. Birt and J. Ward. p. 228. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. Ayliffe, John (1714). The Antient and Present State of the University of Oxford. E. Curll. p. 499. Retrieved 26 April 2019. thomas singleton university of oxford.
  5. University of Oxford (1888). "Vice-Chancellors". The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  6. "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  7. Charles B. Schmitt (1983). John Case and Aristotelianism in Renaissance England. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7735-1005-0. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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