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'''Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|FBA|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 24 October 1954), is a British academic specialising in [[Renaissance English literature]].<ref name="Who's Who 2016">{{cite web|title=WOUDHUYSEN, Prof. Henry Ruxton|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U254020|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=25 November 2016|date=November 2015}}</ref> He is the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], having been appointed in 2012.<ref name="New Rector of Lincoln College appointed">{{cite web|title=New Rector of Lincoln College appointed |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120718.html |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=25 April 2014 |date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214652/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120718.html |archive-date=26 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="FBA">{{cite web|title=Professor Henry Woudhuysen|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-henry-woudhuysen|website=britac.ac.uk|publisher=The British Academy|access-date=25 November 2016|date=2016}}</ref> He was previously [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the [[UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities|Faculty of Arts and Humanities]] at [[University College London]].<ref name="Oxford Student - New Lincoln rector">{{cite news|last=Stokes|first=Matt|title=New Lincoln rector|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2012/05/31/new-lincoln-rector/|access-date=25 April 2014|newspaper=Oxford Student|date=31 May 2012}}</ref>
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'''Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|FBA|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 24 October 1954), is a British academic specialising in [[Renaissance English literature]].<ref name="Who's Who 2016">{{cite web|title=WOUDHUYSEN, Prof. Henry Ruxton|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U254020|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=25 November 2016|date=November 2015}}</ref> He was the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of [[Lincoln College, Oxford]] from 2012 to 2024.<ref name="New Rector of Lincoln College appointed">{{cite web|title=New Rector of Lincoln College appointed |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120718.html |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=25 April 2014 |date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214652/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120718.html |archive-date=26 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="FBA">{{cite web|title=Professor Henry Woudhuysen|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-henry-woudhuysen|website=britac.ac.uk|publisher=The British Academy|access-date=25 November 2016|date=2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Farewell Message from our 39th Rector, Professor Henry Woudhuysen |website=Lincoln College |publisher=University of Oxford |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/news/a-farewell-message-from-our-39th-rector-professor-henry-woudhuysen |access-date=2024-10-12 }}</ref> He was previously [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the [[UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities|Faculty of Arts and Humanities]] at [[University College London]].<ref name="Oxford Student - New Lincoln rector">{{cite news|last=Stokes|first=Matt|title=New Lincoln rector|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2012/05/31/new-lincoln-rector/|access-date=25 April 2014|newspaper=Oxford Student|date=31 May 2012}}</ref>


==Biography==
Woudhuysen was educated at [[St. Paul's School, London]] and gained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]] degree from the University of Oxford in 1981. His thesis title was ''Leicester's literary patronage: A study of the English court, 1578–1582''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3c0b5d66-d7fa-4d49-b330-b1e43b46fbd3|title=Woudhuysen, H. R., (1981). Leicester's literary patronage. Dphil. University of Oxford.|website=Oxford Research Archive|publisher=University of Oxford}}</ref>
Woudhuysen was educated at [[St. Paul's School, London]], and gained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]] degree from the University of Oxford in 1981. His thesis title was ''Leicester's literary patronage: A study of the English court, 1578–1582'' and his supervisor was [[Katherine Duncan-Jones]].<ref>{{Cite thesis|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3c0b5d66-d7fa-4d49-b330-b1e43b46fbd3|title=Leicester's literary patronage|publisher= Dphil. University of Oxford|website=Oxford Research Archive|year=1981|last1=Woudhuysen |first1=H. R. }}</ref> His first academic role was at Lincoln College as a Junior Research Fellow in English Literature in 1978 before he joined University College London.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Farewell Message from our 39th Rector, Professor Henry Woudhuysen |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/news/a-farewell-message-from-our-39th-rector-professor-henry-woudhuysen |website=Lincoln College, Oxford |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref>

In 2010, Woudhuysen was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.<ref name="FBA 22">{{cite web |title=Professor Henry Woudhuysen FBA |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/henry-woudhuysen-FBA/ |website=The British Academy |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Between 1995 and 2020 Woudhuysen served as a general editor for the third series of the [[Arden Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Arden Shakespeare: Third Series |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/arden-shakespeare-third-series-complete-works-9781474296366/ |website=Bloomsbury |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>

''[[The Oxford Companion to the Book]]'' which he edited with [[Michael F. Suarez]] was published in 2010.<ref>Baker, William. “The Passion for the Book and Bibliography." Suarez, Michael F., S.J., and H.R. Woudhuysen, Eds. ''The Oxford Companion to the Book''. 2 Vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.1: Lxvi+653 Pp.; 2: Xi+654-1327 Pp. Illus. Cloth, Slipcase. $220 or £175. ( ISBN 978-0-19-860653-6).” ''The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America'', 2011: 407-413.</ref>

''The Book: A Global History'' by Woudhuysen and Michael F.Suarez <ref>Suarez, Michael Felix, H. R Woudhuysen, and Oxford University Press. ''The Book: A Global History.'' Oxford: University Press, 2013.</ref> was published in 2013.<ref>Supple, Shannon K. “The Book: A Global History.” ''RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage''. Chicago: American Library Association, 2015.</ref>

In 2023 he gave the [[Panizzi Lectures]] at the [[British Library]].


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==External links==
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* [http://www.linc.ox.ac.uk/Fellows/HenryWoudhuysenFBA Lincoln College biography]
* [https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-henry-woudhuysen Lincoln College biography]
* [https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3c0b5d66-d7fa-4d49-b330-b1e43b46fbd3 Full text of his doctoral thesis] via Oxford Research Archive
* [https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3c0b5d66-d7fa-4d49-b330-b1e43b46fbd3 Full text of his doctoral thesis] via Oxford Research Archive


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Professor
Henry Woudhuysen
FSA FBA
Born
Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen

(1954-10-24) 24 October 1954 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
Academic background
EducationSt Paul's School, London
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
ThesisLeicester's literary patronage: A study of the English court, 1578-1582 (1981)
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsLincoln College, Oxford
University College London
Notable worksThe Oxford Companion to the Book
The Arden Shakespeare

Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen, FSA, FBA (born 24 October 1954), is a British academic specialising in Renaissance English literature.[1] He was the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford from 2012 to 2024.[2][3][4] He was previously Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London.[5]

Biography

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Woudhuysen was educated at St. Paul's School, London, and gained a DPhil degree from the University of Oxford in 1981. His thesis title was Leicester's literary patronage: A study of the English court, 1578–1582 and his supervisor was Katherine Duncan-Jones.[6] His first academic role was at Lincoln College as a Junior Research Fellow in English Literature in 1978 before he joined University College London.[7]

In 2010, Woudhuysen was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[8] Between 1995 and 2020 Woudhuysen served as a general editor for the third series of the Arden Shakespeare.[9]

The Oxford Companion to the Book which he edited with Michael F. Suarez was published in 2010.[10]

The Book: A Global History by Woudhuysen and Michael F.Suarez [11] was published in 2013.[12]

In 2023 he gave the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library.

References

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  1. ^ "WOUDHUYSEN, Prof. Henry Ruxton". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ^ "New Rector of Lincoln College appointed". University of Oxford. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Professor Henry Woudhuysen". britac.ac.uk. The British Academy. 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ "A Farewell Message from our 39th Rector, Professor Henry Woudhuysen". Lincoln College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ Stokes, Matt (31 May 2012). "New Lincoln rector". Oxford Student. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  6. ^ Woudhuysen, H. R. (1981). Leicester's literary patronage. Oxford Research Archive (Thesis). Dphil. University of Oxford.
  7. ^ "A Farewell Message from our 39th Rector, Professor Henry Woudhuysen". Lincoln College, Oxford. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Professor Henry Woudhuysen FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Arden Shakespeare: Third Series". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ^ Baker, William. “The Passion for the Book and Bibliography." Suarez, Michael F., S.J., and H.R. Woudhuysen, Eds. The Oxford Companion to the Book. 2 Vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.1: Lxvi+653 Pp.; 2: Xi+654-1327 Pp. Illus. Cloth, Slipcase. $220 or £175. ( ISBN 978-0-19-860653-6).” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 2011: 407-413.
  11. ^ Suarez, Michael Felix, H. R Woudhuysen, and Oxford University Press. The Book: A Global History. Oxford: University Press, 2013.
  12. ^ Supple, Shannon K. “The Book: A Global History.” RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. Chicago: American Library Association, 2015.
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