James Ingram (21 December 1774 – 4 September 1850) was an
English academic at the
University of Oxford
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, who was
Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1803 to 1808 and
President
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of
Trinity College, Oxford
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, from 1824 until his death.
Early life and education
Ingram was born on 21 December 1774 in the
Wiltshire
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village of
Codford St Mary. He was educated at
Lord Weymouth's Grammar School and
Winchester College
Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...
before studying at
Trinity College, Oxford
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. He obtained his
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1796, promoted by seniority in 1800 to
Master of Arts
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, and in 1808 graduated as a
Bachelor of Divinity
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...
.
Career
Ingram taught at Winchester from 1799 to 1803, when he became a
Fellow
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and
tutor
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A tutor, formally also called an academic tutor, is a person who provides assis ...
at Trinity College. He was
Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1803 to 1808),
Keeper of the Archives
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(1815 to 1818), and
rector of
Rotherfield Greys in
Oxfordshire
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(1816 to 1824) before being appointed
President
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of Trinity College in 1824.
As President, he was also rector of
Garsington, a village south of
Oxford
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.
His academic interests in Anglo-Saxon and archaeology meant that he had little time to attend to the business of the College or University. His publications included an edition of the ''
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the ninth century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of ...
'' (1823), an edition of
Quintilian
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(1809) and ''Memorials of Oxford'' (3 volumes, 1832 to 1837) with 100 illustrations by
John Le Keux
John Le Keux (4 June 1783 – 2 April 1846) was a British engraver.
Life
Born in Sun Street, Bishopsgate, London, on 4 June 1783, and baptised at St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in September of that year, he was son of Peter Le Keux and Anne Dyer ...
. He died at Trinity College on 4 September 1850, and left his books, pictures and coins to the College and Oxford University.
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1774 births
1850 deaths
People from Wiltshire
People educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School
People educated at Winchester College
Teachers at Winchester College
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Fellows of Trinity College, Oxford
Presidents of Trinity College, Oxford
19th-century English Anglican priests
Anglo-Saxon studies scholars
Rawlinsonian Professors of Anglo-Saxon
Keepers of the Archives of the University of Oxford