The Rev. Albert Watson (December 1828 – 21 November 1904) was an

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head in the 19th century. Watson was born in

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and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. A

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, he was

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of Brasenose from 1852 to 1886. He was a

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from 1854 to 1867; a Lecturer from 1867 to 1870; and

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from 1871 until his election as Principal of Brasenose in 1886. He resigned in 1889;'University Intelligence'

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Thursday, 11 July 1889 Issue 32748 p.10 and died in 1904.

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19th-century English Anglican priests Classical scholars of the University of Oxford Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford People from Worcester, England 1828 births 1904 deaths {{Classical-scholar-stub