A list of presidents of St John's College, Oxford: * Rev. Alexander Belsyre (1557–1559) * Rev. William Eley (1559–1560) * Rev. William Stock (1560–1564) * Rev. John Robinson (1564–1572) * Rev.

Tobias Matthew Tobias Matthew (also Tobie and Toby; 13 June 154629 March 1628), was an Anglican bishop who was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1572 to 1576, before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1579 to 1583, and Matthew ...

(1572–1577) * Rev. Francis Willis (1577–1590) * Rev.

Ralph Hutchinson Ralph Fielding "Hutch" Hutchinson (February 19, 1878 – March 30, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1901), the University of Texas at Austin (1903–1905), ...

(1590–1606) * Rev.

John Buckeridge John Buckeridge (c. 1562 – 23 May 1631) was an English churchman. Biography John Buckeridge was born c. 1562 in Draycot Foliat, the son of William Buckeridge of Draycot Foliat and his wife Elizabeth Buckeridge (née Kibblewhite). His pater ...

, 1606–1611 * Rev.

William Laud William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 ...

, 1611–1621 * Rev.

William Juxon William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death. Life Education Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...

, 1621–1633 * Rev.

Richard Baylie Richard Baylie (1585 – 27 July 1667) was twice President of St John's College, Oxford, twice Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Archdeacon of Nottingham and Dean of the Salisbury Cathedral. Baylie was President of St John's College, Oxford ...

, 1633–1648 * Rev. Francis Cheynell, 1648–1650 * Rev. Thankful Owen, 1650–1660 * Rev.

, 1660–1667 * Rev.

Peter Mews Peter Mews (25 March 1619 – 9 November 1706) was an English Royalist theologian and bishop. He was a captain captured at Naseby and he later had discussions in Scotland for the Royalist cause. Later made a Bishop he would report on non-confor ...

, 1667–1673 * Rev.

William Levinz William Levinz (25 July 1625 – 3 March 1698), doctor of medicine and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University, was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1673 until 1698. Life He was the son of William Levinz of Evenley, near ...

, 1673–1698 * Rev. William Delaune, 1698–1728 * Rev.

William Holmes William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

, 1728–1748 * Rev.

William Derham William Derham FRS (26 November 16575 April 1735)Smolenaars, Marja.Derham, William (1657–1735), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 26 May 2007. was an English clergyman, natural theologian, n ...

, 1748–1757 * Rev. William Walker, 1757 * Rev. Thomas Fry, 1757–1772 * Rev. Samuel Dennis, 1772–1795 * Rev.

Michael Marlow Michael Marlow may refer to: * Michael Marlow (priest) * Michael Marlow (economist) Michael L. Marlow is a professor of economics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). He is also an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Cen ...

, 1795–1828 * Rev.

Philip Wynter Philip Wynter D.D. (1793–1871) was an English clergyman and academic. Career Wynter was the President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1828 to 1871, and the editor of the works of Joseph Hall. While President at St John's College, he was also ...

, 1828–1871 * Rev. James Bellamy, 1871–1909 * Rev.

Herbert Armitage James Herbert Armitage James, CH (3 August 1844 – 15 November 1931) was a Welsh cleric and headmaster of three leading public schools, who ended his "remarkable scholastic career", as it was later described by Austen Chamberlain, by becoming ...

, 1909–1931 * Rev.

Frederick William Hall Frederick William Hall, (21 February 1885 – 24 April 1915) was an Irish-Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwe ...

, 1931–1933 * Sir

Cyril Norwood Sir Cyril M. Norwood (15 September 1875 – 13 March 1956) was an English educationalist who served as Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School and Harrow School, Master of Marlborough College, and President of St John's College, Oxford. Biography T ...

, 1933–1946 *

Austin Lane Poole Austin Lane Poole, FBA (6 December 1889 – 22 February 1963) was a British mediaevalist. Poole came from an academic lineage, being the son of Reginald Lane Poole (archive keeper at the University of Oxford), the nephew of Stanley Lane Poole (p ...

, 1947–1957 * William Costin, 1957–1963 *

John David Mabbott John David Mabbott ( Duns, 18 November 1898 – Islip, Oxfordshire, 26 January 1988) was a British academic who worked as the president of St John's College, Oxford, from 1963 from to 1969. Education Mabbott was educated at Berwickshire High ...

, 1963–1969 * Sir

Richard W. Southern Sir Richard William Southern (8 February 1912 – 6 February 2001), who published under the name R. W. Southern, was a noted English medieval historian based at the University of Oxford. Biography Southern was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne ...

, 1969–1981 * Sir

John Kendrew Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work at the Cavendish La ...

, 1981–1987 * William Hayes, 1987–2001 * Sir

Michael Scholar Sir Michael Charles Scholar, KCB (born 3 January 1942) is a British civil servant and former President of St John's College, Oxford. Personal Life and Education He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge ( B ...

, 2001–July 2012 * Margaret Snowling, September 2012–2022 * Dame Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome, September 2022–

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