John Snell

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Sir John Snell (1629 – 6 August 1679), founder of the Snell Exhibitions at the University of Oxford, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of a blacksmith. He attended the University of Glasgow from 1642 to 1644.^[1]

He joined the royalists during the English Civil War, and fought in several battles, including the Battle of Worcester. Thereafter he took refuge in Cheshire, where he met Sir Orlando Bridgeman, whose clerk he became, being raised to the offices of court-crier and seal-bearer as his patron was promoted to those of judge and Lord Keeper.

Later he was secretary to the

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External links

• The Snell Foundation information from Balliol College
• University Biography information from Glasgow University

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Snell, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 293.

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