Arthur Norrington
Sir Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington (27 October 1899 – 21 May 1982) was a British publisher,
President of Trinity College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University,[1] and creator, in 1963, of a scoring system for The Times' table of Oxford colleges' examination results which since then has been known as the Norrington Table.[2]
Life
Norrington was born at Normandy Villa, Godstone Road,
Literae Humaniores
in 1923.
Moving to London, he worked for the
CBE
.
In 1952, he was invited to become the next president of Trinity College, which he accepted and took up in 1954. He took the affairs of the University seriously, both on the council and on the general board. He also held a post on the revising committee for the Oxford colleges in final examinations, the table continues to be compiled and the results published in the national press.
In 1960, Norrington became
Science Area
. In 1968, he received a knighthood. Edith died at an early age in 1964 and on 9 December 1969 he married a widow, Ruth Margaret Waterlow (née Cude).
Légion d'honneur in 1962. Norrington died in the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Oxford, on 21 May 1982.
Inspiration for other ranking tables
As well as the
bursars.[5]
References
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ Michael Maclagan, 'Norrington, Sir Arthur Lionel Pugh (1899–1982)', rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ^ "Vegetarian Norrington Table". Oxford University Animal Ethics Society. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Clyde, Toby (5 October 2016). "Voting Opens On A 'Vegetarian Norrington Table'". The Oxford Student. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Hunter, Jack (8 December 2016). "Mansfield tops first 'Veggie Norrington Table'". The Cherwell. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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