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'''Benjamin Parsons Symons''' (28 January 1785 – 12 April 1878) was an academic administrator at the [[University of Oxford]] in [[England]]. |
'''Benjamin Parsons Symons''' (28 January 1785 – 12 April 1878) was an academic administrator at the [[University of Oxford]] in [[England]]. [[File:Benjamin Parsons Symons (1785–1878).jpg|thumb|Benjamin Parsons Symons-(1785–1878), Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.]] |
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==Life== |
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Benjamin Symons was born in [[Cheddar, Somerset|Cheddar]], [[Somerset]], the son of John Symons of Cheddar.<ref name="ndb">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Symons, Benjamin Parsons|volume=55|last=Carlyle|first=Edward Irving}}</ref> He was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and [[Matriculation#United Kingdom|matriculated]] at [[Wadham College, Oxford]], on 2 February 1802, where he was admitted as a scholar on 25 October 1803.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Sherborne-Register-Fourth-Edition-1550-1950-word-resized.pdf|title=''The Sherborne Register 1550-1950''|publisher=Old Shirbirnian Society|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> He graduated with a [[BA degree]] on 14 October 1805 and received an [[MA degree]] on 7 July 1810. |
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| ⚫ | Symons was elected a Probationer Fellow at Wadham College on 30 June 1811 and was admitted as a [[Fellow (college)|Fellow]] on 2 July 1812. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] on 22 April 1819. He was [[bursar]] of the College from 1814 to 1823, after which he became sub-warden. On 23 January 1831 he obtained the degree of [[Doctor of Divinity]] and on 16 June of that year he was elected [[Warden of Wadham College|Warden of the College]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about-wadham/college-history/wardens-of-wadham.html | title=Wardens of Wadham | publisher=[[Wadham College, Oxford]], UK | accessdate=July 13, 2011 | archive-date=19 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419211226/http://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about-wadham/college-history/wardens-of-wadham.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Oxford University]] from 1844 to 1848.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/ | title=Previous Vice-Chancellors | publisher=[[University of Oxford]], UK | accessdate=July 13, 2011}}</ref> He resigned the wardenship on 18 October 1871, but continued to reside in [[Oxford]] until his death in 1878. |
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Symons did not follow the [[high-church]] Anglican [[Oxford Movement]] prevalent at Oxford, and was regarded as the leader of the [[Evangelicalism#19th century|evangelical]] wing in later life.<ref name="ndb" /> He changed the time of dinner at Wadham to inconvenience any students wishing to attend [[John Henry Newman|Newman]]'s sermons.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pattison |first=Mark |title=Memoirs of an Oxford Don |date=1989 |publisher=Cassell |isbn=0304322199 |location=London |pages=185 (footnote 17)}}</ref> |
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==Sources== |
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* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Symons,_Benjamin_Parsons_(DNB00) Symons, Benjamin Parsons (DNB00)], [[Wikisource]] |
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==Further reading== |
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* Davies |
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* ''Gardiner's Registers of Wadham'', ii. 224. |
* ''Gardiner's Registers of Wadham'', ii. 224. |
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* ''Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1715–1886''. |
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* ''Ward's Men of the Reign'', p. |
* ''Ward's Men of the Reign'', p. 867. |
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* ''[[The Times]]'', 13 April 1878. |
* ''[[The Times]]'', 13 April 1878. |
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| NAME = Symonds, Benjamin Parsons |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Academic administrator |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 28 January 1785 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Cheddar, Somerset]], [[England]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 12 April 1878 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Oxford]], [[England]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 17 August 2024
Benjamin Parsons Symons (28 January 1785 – 12 April 1878) was an academic administrator at the University of Oxford in England.
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Life
[edit]Benjamin Symons was born in Cheddar, Somerset, the son of John Symons of Cheddar.[1] He was educated at Sherborne School and matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, on 2 February 1802, where he was admitted as a scholar on 25 October 1803.[2] He graduated with a BA degree on 14 October 1805 and received an MA degree on 7 July 1810.
Symons was elected a Probationer Fellow at Wadham College on 30 June 1811 and was admitted as a Fellow on 2 July 1812. He graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity on 22 April 1819. He was bursar of the College from 1814 to 1823, after which he became sub-warden. On 23 January 1831 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Divinity and on 16 June of that year he was elected Warden of the College.[3] He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1844 to 1848.[4] He resigned the wardenship on 18 October 1871, but continued to reside in Oxford until his death in 1878.
Symons did not follow the high-church Anglican Oxford Movement prevalent at Oxford, and was regarded as the leader of the evangelical wing in later life.[1] He changed the time of dinner at Wadham to inconvenience any students wishing to attend Newman's sermons.[5]
He was buried in the ante-chapel at Wadham College and bequeathed £1,000 to the College to establish an exhibition. His portrait was hung in the College hall.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Carlyle, Edward Irving (1898). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Wardens of Wadham". Wadham College, Oxford, UK. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ Pattison, Mark (1989). Memoirs of an Oxford Don. London: Cassell. pp. 185 (footnote 17). ISBN 0304322199.
Further reading
[edit]- Davies, C.S.L. "Symons, Benjamin Parsons (1785–1878)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26895. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Gardiner's Registers of Wadham, ii. 224.
- Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- Ward's Men of the Reign, p. 867.
- The Times, 13 April 1878.
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