Thomas Nevile
Thomas Nevile (died 1615) was an English clergyman and academic who was
Origins
He was born in Canterbury, a son of Richard Neville of
Career
He originally came to
The college he inherited was little more than the architectural remains of the colleges that had united to form Trinity, and he set about using both his personal wealth and influence to create a setting unrivalled in academic England. To quote
Over the next decade he razed a number of existing buildings to clear the space for the area now known as Great Court. This included moving Great Gate, the entrance gate to the college, 20 metres east brick by brick, and resulted in one of the largest enclosed courts in Europe.
In his final years he built an additional court, Nevile's Court, paid for entirely by himself.
A monument showing two kneeling effigies representing Thomas and his brother Alexander survives in Canterbury Cathedral.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Nevill, Thomas (NVL564T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 40, Neville, Thomas (d.1615), by James Bass Mullinger
- ^ a b "NEVILLE, Sir Anthony (By 1508-57), of South Leverton and Mattersey, Notts. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ "Dean Nevil – Canterbury Historical and Archaeological Society". Retrieved 22 October 2022.
External links
Media related to Thomas Nevile at Wikimedia Commons
- Hutchinson, John (1892). . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 106.