Hugo Daniel Harper (3 May 1821 – 8 January 1895) was Principal of

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, from 1877 to 1895. Harper was born at Langwick,

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on 3 May 1821. He went to school at

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and was first admitted as a

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on 25 May 1840 but less than a month later transferred to Jesus College, Oxford, where he was awarded a scholarship and obtained a second in classical moderations, followed by a first in mathematics in 1844. He was a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford from 1845 to 1852. He was headmaster of

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(1847–50) and

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(1851–77). He served as Chairman of the Conference of Headmasters.Obituary, ''The Times'', 9 January 1895. He was ordained Deacon at Christ Church Cathedral on 18 May 1845, and Priest at Salisbury Cathedral on 23 December 1855. On 19 December 1850 at All Saints' Church, Knightsbridge he married Mary Charlotte Harness, the elder daughter of

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. Their seven children were all born in Sherborne. He served as Prebendary of Salisbury from 1871 to 1882. In 1877 he was elected Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. During his time as Principal, he was heavily engaged in disputes about proposed new statutes for the college that were considered by their opponents to have an adverse effect on the links between the college and Wales. From 1878 to 1882 he was Rector of

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in Caernarfonshire, and from 1882 to 1893 Vicar of

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in Berkshire. Around the beginning of 1893 he became too ill to continue as Principal of Jesus College, and was relieved of his duties by the Visitor. He went to live at The Grove,

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, Cambridgeshire and died there two years later on 8 January 1895.Baker, ''Jesus College'', pp. 91–93 He was buried in

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, Oxford in the grave of his son William Jevon Harper, who had died at the age of 17.

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