Francis John Lys (1863–1947) was a British
lecturer and
academic administrator
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. He was
Provost of
Worcester College, Oxford (1919–46) and
Vice-Chancellor
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In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...
of
Oxford University
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from 1932 until 1935.
The elder son of F. D. Lys, of Highclere, Weymouth, Lys was educated at
Sherborne School
(God and My Right)
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and
Worcester College, Oxford, where he was a Scholar. He gained a first Class in Classical Honour Moderations in 1884, won the Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse in 1885, and took a Second in
Literae Humaniores in 1886.
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'' (OUP)
Lys was briefly an assistant master at
Radley College
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from 1887 to 1888 before returning to Worcester in 1889 as a Lecturer. He went on to become a Fellow of the college, a Tutor, Senior Tutor, Bursar, and finally, from 1919 to 1946, Provost. He was the University's Senior Proctor for 1917–1918 and Vice-Chancellor, 1932–1935.
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In 1942, Lys purchased Brockleaze (otherwise known as Brockless Cottage) in Pullens Lane, ]Headington
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, a suburb to the east of Oxford
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, and renamed it "Pullen's Gate". The house was used by the armed forces during the Second World War
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.Pullen’s Gate/Brockless Cottage, Pullens Lane
, Headington, Oxford. His wife lived in the house after his death until 1973.
References
External links
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National Portrait Gallery (London)
1863 births
1947 deaths
Provosts of Worcester College, Oxford
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
People educated at Sherborne School
Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
People from Highclere
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