Francis Leighton
Francis Knyvett Leighton (1806 – 13 October 1881) was an English academic and priest, who was Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1858 until his death.[1]
Life
Leighton was educated at the
canon of Westminster Abbey from 1868 onwards.[2] He died in the Warden's Lodgings at the college, aged 75, after a "long and lingering illness".[3] He was described as being "distinguished by an amiable and refined, but genial courtesy".[3]
References
- ^ a b Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "All Souls College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 173–193. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary". The Times. 14 October 1881. p. 4.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 13 July 2011.