Edmund Isham
D.D.
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In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ra ...
(1744?–1817) was an academic administrator at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
Isham was elected
Warden
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''Warden'' is etymologically identic ...
(head) of
All Souls College, Oxford
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in 1793, a post he held until his death in 1817.
While Warden at All Souls College, Isham was also
Vice-Chancellor
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In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...
of
Oxford University
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from 1797 until 1798.
A portrait of Isham was painted by
William Owen (1769–1825) and a
mezzotint
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engraving was produced by
Samuel William Reynolds
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(1773–1835) in 1810.
See also
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Euseby Isham
Rev. Euseby Isham, D.D. (6 November 1697 – 17 June 1755) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
Isham was born probably at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire, to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet (1658-1730), of Lamp ...
, Rector of
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the ...
, 1731–55
References
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1744 births
1817 deaths
Wardens of All Souls College, Oxford
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford