Frodsham Hodson (1770–1822) was an English churchman and academic, the Principal of

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The l ...

, from 1809.

Life

He was the son of the Rev. George Hodson, and was born in

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, on 7 June 1770. He entered

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in January 1784, and left it in 1787 to go to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. on 14 January 1791, M.A. 10 October 1793, B.D. 1808, and D.D. 1809. In May 1791, he succeeded to a Hulmean

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, and was afterwards elected a

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of Brasenose College. In 1793, he gained the university prize for an essay in English prose on "The Influence of Education and Government on National Character".Oxford Engl. Prize Essays, 1836, vol. i. In 1795, Hodson was chosen lecturer at St George's Church, Liverpool, and subsequently became chaplain there. His persistence in holding the chaplaincy, although he rarely in later years visited Liverpool, gave offence in the town. In 1803–4 and again in 1808-10, he filled the office of public examiner at Oxford. In 1808 he was appointed rector of St Mary's, Stratford-by-Bow. In 1809, he vacated his benefice on being elected principal of Brasenose College. He presided over the college for thirteen years, and took a leading part in the affairs of

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. He served the office of

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in 1818, and was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity, with the appurtenant canonry of Christ Church and rectory of

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, in 1820. It was believed that

Lord Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming Prime Minister he had been Foreign Secretary, ...

intended Hodson for a bishopric, but he died, after a short illness, on 18 January 1822, aged 51. He was buried in the ante-chapel of Brasenose College, where he was commemorated in a Latin inscription by

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Works

Hodson edited Thomas Falconer's ''Chronological Tables'', 1796. His probationary exercise as a fellow of Brasenose was published in the same year, entitled ''The Eternal Filiation of the Son of God asserted on the Evidence of the Sacred Scriptures'', pp. 81. His only other works were three sermons published at Liverpool, and printed in 1797, 1799, and 1804.

Family

Hodson married, on 30 June 1808, Anne, daughter of John Dawson of Mossley Hill, Liverpool. He left four daughters and a son. His widow died on 23 April 1848.

References

External links

Bibliographic directory
from Project Canterbury ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodson, Frodsham 1770 births 1822 deaths Clergy from Liverpool 18th-century English writers 18th-century English male writers 19th-century English writers People educated at Manchester Grammar School English editors Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Oxford)