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'''Thomas Barker''' ({{circa|1728}} – 18 August 1785) was an |
'''Thomas Barker''' ({{circa|1728}} – 18 August 1785) was an English clergyman and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] academic.<ref>"The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford":, Vol 3 p365 à Wood, A: Oxford; Clarendon; 1786</ref> |
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Barker was born in [[Lancashire]] and matriculated at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] in 1745, at age 17. He graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1749, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] in 1751, [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] & [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] in 1778.<ref>{{alox2|title=Barker, Thomas (2)}}</ref> |
Barker was born in [[Lancashire]] and matriculated at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] in 1745, at age 17. He graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1749, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] in 1751, [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] & [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] in 1778.<ref>{{alox2|title=Barker, Thomas (2)}}</ref> |
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Becoming a Fellow of Brasenose in 1750, Barker was a member of the Red Herring dining club, which had Jacobite associations and ceased meeting in 1761, at the end of its existence.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oxford Historical Society |title=Brasenose College quatercentenary monographs |date=1909 |publisher=Oxford : Printed for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press |page=Monograph XIII, 29 |url=https://archive.org/details/b24874899_0002/page/n479/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sack |first1=James J. |title=From Jacobite to Conservative |date=1993 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-43266-5 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-xYv1Ds3x8C&pg=PA58 |language=en}}</ref> |
Becoming a Fellow of Brasenose in 1750, Barker was a member of the Red Herring dining club, which had Jacobite associations and ceased meeting in 1761, at the end of its existence.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oxford Historical Society |title=Brasenose College quatercentenary monographs |date=1909 |publisher=Oxford : Printed for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press |page=Monograph XIII, 29 |url=https://archive.org/details/b24874899_0002/page/n479/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sack |first1=James J. |title=From Jacobite to Conservative |date=1993 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-43266-5 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-xYv1Ds3x8C&pg=PA58 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Barker was elected Principal of Brasenose on 14 September 1777. He died in [[Manchester]] on 18 August 1785, and was buried there.<ref>{{cite wikisource|last=Foster|first=Joseph|year=1893|title=Oxford Men and Their Colleges|page=347|scan=Page:Oxford men and their colleges.djvu/278}}</ref> He was succeeded after his death by [[William Cleaver]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oxford Historical Society |title=Brasenose College quatercentenary monographs |date=1909 |publisher=Oxford : Printed for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press |page=Monograph XIII, 32 |url=https://archive.org/details/b24874899_0002/page/32/mode/2up}}</ref> |
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During Barker's time, Brasenose was the butt of satirical humour in [[Hannah Cowley (writer)|Hannah Cowley]]'s 1779 play ''[[Who's the Dupe?]]'', for pedantry, provincial manners and unfashionable dress, in the character Gradus.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crook |first1=Joseph Mordaunt |title=Brasenose: The Biography of an Oxford College |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=102 |isbn=9780199544868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uekOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA102 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:48, 5 February 2024
Thomas Barker (c. 1728 – 18 August 1785) was an English clergyman and Oxford academic.[1]
Barker was born in Lancashire and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1745, at age 17. He graduated B.A. in 1749, M.A. in 1751, B.D. & D.D. in 1778.[2]
Becoming a Fellow of Brasenose in 1750, Barker was a member of the Red Herring dining club, which had Jacobite associations and ceased meeting in 1761, at the end of its existence.[3][4]
Barker was elected Principal of Brasenose on 14 September 1777. He died in Manchester on 18 August 1785, and was buried there.[5] He was succeeded after his death by William Cleaver.[6]
During Barker's time, Brasenose was the butt of satirical humour in Hannah Cowley's 1779 play Who's the Dupe?, for pedantry, provincial manners and unfashionable dress, in the character Gradus.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford":, Vol 3 p365 à Wood, A: Oxford; Clarendon; 1786
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Oxford Historical Society (1909). Brasenose College quatercentenary monographs. Oxford : Printed for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press. p. Monograph XIII, 29.
- ^ Sack, James J. (1993). From Jacobite to Conservative. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-521-43266-5.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1893). . p. 347 – via Wikisource. [scan
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- ^ Oxford Historical Society (1909). Brasenose College quatercentenary monographs. Oxford : Printed for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press. p. Monograph XIII, 32.
- ^ Crook, Joseph Mordaunt (2008). Brasenose: The Biography of an Oxford College. Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780199544868.
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