Henry Boyd
Male, Deceased Person
1831 – 1922
Who was Henry Boyd?
Henry Boyd was a British clergyman, academic, and administrator at the University of Oxford.
Boyd attained a BA degree from Hertford College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1854 and was perpetual curate at St Mark's, Victoria Docks in Silvertown, London, from 1862 to 1874. He became a Fellow at Hertford College in 1872 and Principal from 1877 to 1922. He was a friend of James Duncan, together they helped to improve the working conditions in London’s East End during the 1870's. He commissioned the architect Sir Thomas Jackson to enlarge and improve the college, including a new hall and chapel, completed in 1907.
At Oxford University, Boyd was Vice-Chancellor from 1890 to 1894. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers. He was also a watercolour painter.
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