Obadiah Walker

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Obadiah Walker
Master of University College, Oxford
Term1676–1688
PredecessorRichard Clayton
SuccessorEdward Farrer

Obadiah Walker (1616 – 21 January 1699) was an English academic and

Master of University College, Oxford, from 1676 to 1688.[1][2]

Life

Walker was born at

Restoration of 1660, and a few years began later to take a leading part in the work of University College. In June 1676, he became head or "Master" of the college, and in this capacity he collected money for some rebuilding, and arranged the publication by the college of a Latin edition of Sir John Spelman's Life of Alfred the Great
.

This was the time of

Mass was said in his residence, and later a chapel was opened in the college for Catholic worship; he and others received a royal licence to absent themselves from the services of the Church of England
, and he obtained another to supervise the printing of Roman Catholic books.

In spite of growing unpopularity, he remained loyal to James, and when the king fled from England, Walker left Oxford, doubtless intending to join his master abroad. But in December 1688, he was arrested at

John Radcliffe. Radcliffe gave Walker an east window for his chapel at the College and also a pension.[4]

Walker was responsible for the statue of King James II on the tower in the main quad at University College, one of only two in England.[5] The other statue is located in Trafalgar Square, London.

He died in 1699 and is buried in Old St Pancras Churchyard, London.[6]

Works

Walker's principal writings are: Of education, especially of young gentlemen (Oxford, 1673, and six other editions) Ars rationis ad mentem nominalium libri tres (Oxford, 1673) Greek and Roman History illustrated by Coins and Medals (London, 1692).

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-415-18632-2. Obadiah Walker
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  2. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0
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  3. ^ Hobhouse (1948). Classical Oxford as it was. p. 59.
  4. ^ Hobhouse (1948). Classical Oxford as it is. p. 80.
  5. ^ Hobhouse (1948). Reformation Oxford as it is. p. 50.
  6. ^ Godfrey, Walter H and W McB Marcham. "Additional Burial Grounds Pages 147-151 Survey of London: Volume 24, the Parish of St Pancras Part 4: King's Cross Neighbourhood". British History Online. LCC. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

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Master of University College, Oxford

1676–1688 		Succeeded by
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