Richard Harris (

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1558 – 1595) was an academic at the University of Oxford and clergyman in the sixteenth century.

Life

Harris, from Herefordshire, obtained his B.A. degree from Oxford University on 3 November 1558 and his M.A. degree on 26 June 1562. He was appointed

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of Kentchurch, Herefordshire in 1571 and became a canon of

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in 1575. He was principal of

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, from 1573/4 to 1595. During this time, he was appointed by the royal charter of 1589 as one of the Commissioners to draw up statutes for Jesus College, Oxford.

References

16th-century births Year of death unknown People from Herefordshire Alumni of the University of Oxford Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford 16th-century English Anglican priests {{England-academic-administrator-stub