Charles Buller Heberden (14 December 1849 – 30 May 1921) was an English classical scholar and academic administrator. He was principal of Brasenose College, Oxford (1889–1920)[1][2] and served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University.
Charles Buller Heberden | |
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
In office 1910–1913 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Herbert Warren |
Succeeded by | Thomas Banks Strong |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 December 1849 |
Died | 30 May 1921 | (aged 71)
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Life
editHe was born at Broadhembury in Devon, the son of the Rev. William Heberden. He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford, from 1868, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Jowett.[3][4]
Heberden edited a book on the history of Brasenose College, published in 1909.[5] He funded a Harrow Scholarship for Brasenose College in 1916 and an Organ Scholarship in 1921 at his death.[6] He also left £1,000 to the university, which was used for the Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum.[7]
He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1914 to 1921.[8]
Heberden is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford.
References
edit- ^ Brasenose College, Oxford — Principals Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Brasenose College, A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 207–219.
- ^ Jowett Papers: Index of BJ's contemporaries Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Balliol College Library, Oxford.
- ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Heberden, Charles Buller
- ^ Charles Buller Heberden, ed. (1909), Brasenose College Register, 1509–1909 [Oxford Historical Series; no. 55], Oxford: Blackwell for the Oxford Historical Society, OCLC 222963720.
- ^ Statutes of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, Brasenose College, Oxford, 28 April 1954. (Last amended December 1999.)
- ^ C.M. Kraay and C.H.V. Sutherland, The Heberden Coin Room: Origin and Development Archived 2006-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972. (Revised 1989 and 2001.)
- ^ "School Notes" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
External links
edit- Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford