A list of presidents of

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its foun ...

: * Rev. Alexander Belsyre (1557–1559) * Rev. William Eley (1559–1560) * Rev. William Stock (1560–1564) * Rev. John Robinson (1564–1572) * Rev.

Tobias Matthew Tobias Matthew (also Tobie and Toby; 13 June 154629 March 1628), was an Anglican bishop who was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1572 to 1576, before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1579 to 1583, and Matthew ...

(1572–1577) * Rev. Francis Willis (1577–1590) * Rev.

Ralph Hutchinson Ralph Fielding "Hutch" Hutchinson (February 19, 1878 – March 30, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1901), the University of Texas at Austin (1903–1905) ...

(1590–1606) * Rev.

John Buckeridge John Buckeridge (c. 1562 – 23 May 1631) was an English churchman and theologian. Biography John Buckeridge was born c. 1562 in Draycot Foliat, the son of William Buckeridge of Draycot Foliat and his wife Elizabeth Buckeridge (née Kibblew ...

, 1606–1611 * Rev.

William Laud William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I of England, Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Caroline era#Religion, Charles I's religious re ...

, 1611–1621 * Rev.

William Juxon William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death. Life Education Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...

, 1621–1633 * Rev.

Richard Baylie Richard Baylie (1585 – 27 July 1667) was twice President of St John's College, Oxford, twice Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Archdeacon of Nottingham and Dean of the Salisbury Cathedral. Baylie was President of St John's College, Oxford ...

, 1633–1648 * Rev.

Francis Cheynell Francis Cheynell (1608–1665) was a prominent English religious controversialist, of Presbyterian views, and President of St John's College, Oxford 1648 to 1650, imposed by the Parliamentary regime. His ''Aulicus'' of 1644 is accounted the first ...

, 1648–1650 * Rev.

Thankful Owen Thankful Owen (1620–1681) was an English academic in the mid-17th century. Owen was born in London and educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He was a fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford, from 1642 to 1650; and president of St John's College, Oxfo ...

, 1650–1660 * Rev.

, 1660–1667 * Rev.

Peter Mews Peter Mews (25 March 1619 – 9 November 1706) was an English Cavalier, Royalist theologian and bishop. He was a captain captured at Naseby and he later had discussions in Scotland for the Royalist cause. Later made a bishop he would report on ...

, 1667–1673 * Rev.

William Levinz William Levinz (25 July 1625 – 3 March 1698), doctor of medicine and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University, was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1673 until 1698. Life He was the son of William Levinz of Evenley, near ...

, 1673–1698 * Rev.

William Delaune William Delaune D.D. (14 April 1659 – 23 May 1728) was an English clergyman and academic, President of St John's College, Oxford, and chaplain to Queen Anne. Life Delaune was son of Benjamin Delaune of London, England, by Margaret, daugh ...

, 1698–1728 * Rev.

William Holmes William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

, 1728–1748 * Rev.

William Derham William Derham FRS (26 November 16575 April 1735)Smolenaars, Marja.Derham, William (1657–1735), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 26 May 2007. was an English clergyman, natural theologian, n ...

, 1748–1757 * Rev.

William Walker William Walker may refer to: Arts * William Walker (engraver) (1791–1867), mezzotint engraver of portrait of Robert Burns * William Sidney Walker (1795–1846), English Shakespearean critic * William Walker (composer) (1809–1875), American Bap ...

, 1757 * Rev. Thomas Fry, 1757–1772 * Rev. Samuel Dennis, 1772–1795 * Rev. Michael Marlow, 1795–1828 * Rev. Philip Wynter, 1828–1871 * Rev. James Bellamy, 1871–1909 * Rev.

Herbert Armitage James Herbert Armitage James, CH (3 August 1844 – 15 November 1931) was a Welsh cleric and headmaster of three leading public schools, who ended his "remarkable scholastic career", as it was later described by Austen Chamberlain, by becoming ...

, 1909–1931 * Rev.

Frederick William Hall Frederick William Hall, (21 February 1885 – 24 April 1915) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forc ...

, 1931–1933 * Sir

Cyril Norwood Sir Cyril M. Norwood (15 September 1875 – 13 March 1956) was an English educationalist who served as Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School and Harrow School, Master of Marlborough College, and President of St John's College, Oxford. Biography ...

, 1933–1946 *

Austin Lane Poole Austin Lane Poole, FBA (6 December 1889 – 22 February 1963) was a British mediaevalist. Poole came from an academic lineage, being the son of Reginald Lane Poole (archive keeper at the University of Oxford), the nephew of Stanley Lane Poole ( ...

, 1947–1957 *

William Costin William Costin ( - May 31, 1842) was a free African-American activist and scholar who successfully challenged District of Columbia slave codes in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. Early life Little is known of Costin's upbringi ...

, 1957–1963 *

John David Mabbott John David Mabbott (Duns, 18 November 1898 – Islip, Oxfordshire, 26 January 1988) was a British academic who worked as the president of St John's College, Oxford, from 1963 to 1969. Education Mabbott was educated at Berwickshire High School ...

, 1963–1969 * Sir Richard W. Southern, 1969–1981 * Sir

John Kendrew Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work at the Cavendish Labo ...

, 1981–1987 * William Hayes, 1987–2001 * Sir

Michael Scholar Sir Michael Charles Scholar, KCB (born 3 January 1942) is a British civil servant and former President of St John's College, Oxford. Education He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge ( BA Classics and Moral ...

, 2001–July 2012 * Margaret Snowling, September 2012–2022 * Dame Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome, September 2022–

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