Charles Williams (academic)

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Charles Williams (b. circa 1804 – October 17, 1877) was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1857 to 1877.

Williams studied at Jesus College from 1823 to 1827, holding a scholarship and gaining a First in Literae Humaniores.^[1] He was then ordained, and was a missionary Fellow of the college from 1829 to 1845.^[2] He was headmaster of Ruthin School for a time, before becoming the incumbent of the church at Holyhead in 1845. He was made an honorary canon of Bangor Cathedral in 1856 before being appointed as Principal in 1857.^[1] He died in the Principal's Lodgings in the college in 1877, in his 73rd year.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b University intelligence - Oct. 1: Election of a Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. The Times (2 October 1857). Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
^ Baker, J. N. L. (1971). Jesus College 1571-1971. Oxonian Press Ltd, Oxford, pp57-60. ISBN 0950216402.
^ University intelligence - Oxford Oct.17. The Times (18 October 1877). Retrieved on 2007-08-14.

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