William Huddesford
William Huddesford | |
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| Born | 15 August 1732 (baptised) Oxford, England |
| Died | 6 October 1772 (aged 40) Oxford, England |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Known for | Ashmolean Museum |
| Relatives | George Huddesford Sr. (father) George Huddesford Jr. (brother) |
William Huddesford (1732—1772) was curator of the Ashmolean Museum from 1755 to 1772. Huddesford is credited with reinventing the museum's reputation.[1]
Early life and education
Huddesford was baptised at
president of Trinity College, Oxford. His younger brother, also George Huddesford, was a painter and satirical poet. William attended John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School) from 1743 to 1749. After Abingdon he was elected a scholar at Trinity College in 1750, completing a BA (1753), MA (1756) and earned his B.D. in 1757.[2][1]
Career
In 1755, Huddesford took over from his father as keeper of the
Alice in Wonderland.[1]
Huddesford had been ordained in 1758 and served as curate at Garsington before he was made the
Oxford University
in 1765.
He did not enjoy the best of health, suffering illness as early as 1761. He died unexpectedly at Oxford on 6 October 1772, aged just 40.
Works
- Edvardi Luidii … lithophylacii Britannici ichnographia, Oxford, 1760, a new edition of the treatise of Edward Lhuyd, whose fossils were under his charge at the Ashmolean. It contained the author's discourse on the sea-shells of the British ocean.
- Martini Lister, M.D., Historiæ, sive Synopsis Methodicæ Conchyliorum et Tabularum Anatomicarum editio altera, Oxford, 1760.[2]
- Catalogus librorum Manuscriptorum Sir Thomas Phillippsat the Middlehill press in 1824.
- An Address to the Freemen and other Inhabitants of the City of Oxford, 1764.
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 0260-9541.
- ^ a b . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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