Richard Jenkyns (1782 – 16 March 1854) was a British academic administrator at the
University of Oxford and
Dean at
Wells Cathedral.
Life
Jenkyns was born at
Evercreech in Somerset, where he was baptised on 21 December 1782. He was the eldest son of John Jenkyns (1753-1824), prebendary of Wells, and his wife Jane, née Banister. He was appointed a
Fellow of
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...
in 1802, a
Tutor in 1813,
Bursar in 1814, and
Master from 23 April 1819 until his death in 1854. He was awarded a
Master of Arts in 1806 and a
Doctor of Divinity
A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity.
In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...
in 1819.
While Master at Balliol College, Jenkyns was also
Vice-Chancellor of
Oxford University from 1824 until 1828.
He introduced open competition for
scholarships and also raised the standard of Balliol College to the first rank at Oxford.
From 1845 to 1854, Jenkyns was also
Dean of Wells.
References
Further reading
* Cannan, Edwin, �
Jenkyns, Richard (1782–1854)��, rev. M. C. Curthoys, ''
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', 2004.
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1782 births
1854 deaths
Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford
Masters of Balliol College, Oxford
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
Deans of Wells
19th-century English Anglican priests