__NOTOC__ Reginald Walter Macan D.Litt. (1848 – 23 March 1941) was a classical scholar. He was educated at University College, Oxford, where he gained a First in Classical Moderations in 1869 and a First in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1871. He held a Fellowship at the college (1884–1906) and was appointed Master in March 1906. He was only the second layman Master of the college after Anthony Gate, Master from 1584 to 1597. Reginald Macan was originally from Dublin, Ireland, and retained his Irish accent until the 1890s. He was an undergraduate at University College, Oxford, and then a "

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" (the equivalent of a Fellow) of Christ Church after obtaining his degree. He returned to University College as a Fellow and Tutor in 1884 until becoming Master of the college in 1906. He retired in 1923. Macan had a reputation as a heretic early in his career, but delivered addresses in the chapel at University College at least annually. Like his predecessor as Master, J. Frank Bright, he was nicknamed the "Mugger" by students. Macan applied archaeological discoveries to the study of ancient history. He produced a major set of books on Herodotus. In 1913, Reginald Macan visited

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s at Oxford University. In 1881, Macan married Mildred Healey; they had three daughters, one of whom Agatha Perrin married Eric Forbes Adam. He retired to Boars Hill, south of Oxford, and lived there till the age of 93. Maurice Greiffenhagen painted a formal portrait of Macan in academic dress, located at University College in Oxford.

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* 1848 births 1941 deaths 19th-century Irish people 20th-century Irish people People from County Dublin Irish classical scholars Alumni of University College, Oxford Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford Fellows of University College, Oxford Masters of University College, Oxford Classical scholars of the University of Oxford Historians of antiquity {{UOxford-stub