George Rowley (4 April 1782 – 5 October 1836) was
Dean
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and
Master
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University College, Oxford
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and
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of
Oxford University
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.
Education
Rowley was educated at
John Roysse
John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Personal life
John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertaining ...
's
Free School in
Abingdon-on-Thames
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(now
Abingdon School
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).
Career
George Rowley was the Dean of University College in the early 19th century, at the time of
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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's expulsion for writing the pamphlet ''
The Necessity of Atheism
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'' in 1811. He became Master of University College from 1821 to 1836 and later
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
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from 1832 to 1836.
[ He was elected as a Fellow of the ]Royal Society
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on 14 November 1811.
See also
* List of Old Abingdonians
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1782 births
1836 deaths
People educated at Abingdon School
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