Gilbert Kymer (died 1463) was

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, Chancellor of Oxford University, and a

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. Kymer was educated at the

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. He was a

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of the University (1412–13) and Principal of

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(1412–14). He was twice Chancellor of Oxford University. In 1423, Kymer attempted to found a conjoint college of surgeons and physicians with

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and

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. The plans for this collapsed in November 1424. In 1427, Kymer became Dean of

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). In 1449, he became Dean of

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(in

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), where he occupied Leaden Hall. He was the physician in the household of

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. He attended

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as a physician in 1455.

References

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