Septimus Collinson (11 September 1739 – 24 January 1827) was provost of
Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...
.
Collinson was the seventh son of Joseph and Agnes Collinson, was born at Gotree, near
Hunsonby
Hunsonby is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, north east of Penrith. The parish is located south east of the city of Carlisle. Within the parish is the ancient stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters b ...
, Cumberland. He was brought up at
Great Musgrave
Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough. In 1891 the parish had a population of 175.
Great Musgrave sits atop a hill nea ...
, Westmoreland, where his parents had purchased a small estate. He began his studies at
Appleby Grammar School
Appleby Grammar School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria for students aged 11 to 18. Since 2011, it has been an Academy. Until 2013, the school was a registered charity.
History
The origins of Ap ...
, and then went to
Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...
, graduating B.A. in 1763 and M.A. in 1767 (Cat. of Oxford Graduates, ed. 1851, p. 142). In 1778 he was presented to the rectories of
Dowlish Wake and
Dowlish West, Somersetshire. He graduated B.D. in 1792, and D.D. in 1793. For some years he was one of the city lecturers at Oxford.
In 1794 he accepted the college living of Holwell, Dorsetshire, but remained there only about two years, as in 1796 he was appointed provost of Queen's College on the death of Dr.
Thomas Fothergill
Thomas Fothergill D.D. (1715/6–1796) was an English cleric and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
Life
He was the son of Henry Fothergill of Westmorland, and brother of George Fothergill. He matriculated at The Queen's Colle ...
. In 1798 he obtained the
Lady Margaret professorship of Divinity at Oxford, to which is annexed a prebend of
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified ...
. His lectures on the
Thirty-nine Articles
The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (commonly abbreviated as the Thirty-nine Articles or the XXXIX Articles) are the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England with respect to the controversies of the ...
, though much admired at the time of their delivery, have never been printed. He was a frequent preacher before the university. He died at the college lodge on 24 January 1827.
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1739 births
1827 deaths
People from Cumberland
18th-century English educators
19th-century English educators
People from Westmorland
English theologians
18th-century English Christian theologians
19th-century English Christian theologians
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
Lady Margaret Professors of Divinity
Provosts of The Queen's College, Oxford
People from Eden District