Thomas Lee (clergyman)
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Rev. Thomas Lee D.D. was a 19th-century academic administrator at the University of Oxford and clergyman.
Lee graduated as a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford. He was president of Trinity College, Oxford, from 1808 to 1824.[1] While president at Trinity College, Lee was also vice-chancellor of Oxford University from 1814 until 1818.[2]
The Allied sovereigns' visit to England occurred during June 1814 when Lee was vice-chancellor.[1] Emperor Alexander I of Russia, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher received honorary degrees during the visit to Oxford.
Lee was also rector at Barton in Warwickshire.[3]
References
- ^ a b Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D. (eds.). "Trinity College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History, UK. pp. 238–251. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ Nichols, John (1808). "Civil Promotions". The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 103. p. 265. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
