John Mather

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was an

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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 ...

. Mather was elected

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(head) of

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in 1715, a post he held until 1748. During his time as President of Corpus Christi, Mather was also

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from 1723 until 1728.

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