List of Principals and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford - Principals and Fellows

Principals and Fellows

Key:

  • OM – An Old Member of the college who became a Fellow, included in the list of alumni
  • HF – An Honorary Fellow of the college, included in the list of Honorary Fellows
A list of Principals and Fellows
Name Fellow Principal Notes Ref
Archdall, HenryHenry Archdall 1941 — Australian priest and schoolteacher, who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Principal of St David's College, Lampeter
Ashworth, AndreaAndrea Ashworth 1997–2000 — Junior Research Fellow in English, who won the Somerset Maugham Award from the Society of Authors in 1999 for Once in a House on Fire, her autobiography about her traumatic childhood
Aubrey, WilliamWilliam Aubrey 1571–1595 — Regius Professor of Civil Law (1553–1559), one of the eight original Fellows of the college
Baker, J. N. L.J. N. L. Baker (OM) 1939–1971 — College Lecturer in Geography (1932–1971) and Bursar (1939–1962); Lord Mayor of Oxford (1964–1965)
Bandinel, JamesJames Bandinel (OM) 1754–1776 — University Proctor (1776) and Public Orator (1776–1784)
Beer, PeterPeter Beer 1996–2006 — Retired Air Vice-Marshal who held the college position of Home Bursar
Bennetts, ColinColin Bennetts 1975–1978 — College chaplain for three years, later becoming Bishop of Coventry (1998–2008)
Bevans, FrancisFrancis Bevans — 1586–1602 Chancellor to Herbert Westfaling (Bishop of Hereford), and spent much of his time as Principal in Hereford, leaving Griffith Powell to run the college
Bosworth, RichardRichard Bosworth 2011–present — Historian of the 20th century, appointed as a Senior Research Fellow
Bould, HenryHenry Bould (OM) 1623–1638 — Named as one of the founding scholars in the college's third charter (1622) before becoming a Fellow
Brevint, DanielDaniel Brevint 1637–1648
1660–1662		 — The first holder of the Fellowship for Channel Islanders created by Charles I
Briscoe, ThomasThomas Briscoe (OM) 1834–1859 — Vice-Principal (1849–1858), vicar of Holyhead (1858–1895)
Brundin, Clark L.Clark L. Brundin (HF) 1963–1985 — Engineer who later became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick (1985–1992)
Caldwell, JohnJohn Caldwell 1999–2005 — Musicologist and composer, who became an Emeritus Fellow on his retirement
Cantor, BrianBrian Cantor 1987–1995 — Senior Research Fellow in Material Processing, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York since 2002
Carpenter, G. D. HaleG. D. Hale Carpenter 1933–1948 — Hope Professor of Entomology (1933–1948), succeeding Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton
Carrington, AlanAlan Carrington 1984–1987 — Professor of Chemistry 1984–1987; a former Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge; Royal Society Research Professor at Southampton University (1979–1984 and 1987–1999); awarded the Faraday Lectureship Prize (1985) and Davy Medal (1992)
Chapman, DavidDavid Chapman (HF) 1907–1944 — Physical chemist who ran the college laboratories (the last college labs in Oxford)
Charles-Edwards, ThomasThomas Charles-Edwards 1997–2011 — Jesus Professor of Celtic
Christie, John TraillJohn Traill Christie (HF) — 1949–1967 Former headmaster of Repton and Westminster Schools
Church, ArthurArthur Church (OM) 1908–1912 — University Reader in Botany (1910–1930), elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1921
Cohu, J. R.J. R. Cohu (OM) 1882–1890 — Clergyman, headmaster and writer on biblical topics
Cotterell, JohnJohn Cotterell 1571–1575 — Clergyman and former Principal of White Hall and Laurence Hall, and one of the eight original Fellows of the college
Cox, KeithKeith Cox 1973–1998 — Geologist with a particular interest in flood basalts
Crone, PatriciaPatricia Crone 1979–1990 — Historiographer of early Islamic history
Cross, LeslieLeslie Cross 1927–1947 — College chaplain and tutor in theology, Estates Bursar (1941–1943) and Senior Tutor (1945–1947); appointed an Emeritus Fellow in 1960
Davies, FrancisFrancis Davies (OM) 1640By 1640 – ? — Bishop of Llandaff (1667–1675), who was reputedly a Fellow of the college, although the college's records do not substantiate this
Davies, PaulPaul Davies 2009–present — Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law since 2009; previously a Fellow of Balliol College then a professor at the London School of Economics
de Winton, FrederickFrederick de Winton 1876–1932 — The last Leoline Fellow; Archdeacon of Colombo (1902–1925)
Dodd, PercyPercy Dodd (OM) 1919–1931 — Classicist whose substantial bequest to the college is used to support non-academic travel by undergraduates
Edwards, EdwardEdward Edwards (OM) 1747–1783 — Welsh cleric and friend of Samuel Johnson, Vice-Principal (1762–1783)
Edwards, GoronwySir Goronwy Edwards (OM/HF) 1919–1948 — Welsh historian who served as Senior Tutor and Vice-Principal; left to become Director of the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of History at the University of London
Edwards, JonathanJonathan Edwards 1662–1686 1686–1712 Theologian and Treasurer of Llandaff Cathedral; first Principal to serve as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
Edwards, JonathanJonathan Edwards (OM) 1636–1648 — Later Archdeacon of Derry
Edwards, WilliamWilliam Edwards 1874–1877 — Later one of H.M. Inspectors of School in Wales for nearly 50 years
Ellis, JohnJohn Ellis 1628–1631 — Founder of Dolgellau Grammar School
Ellis, JohnJohn Ellis (OM) 1696–1713 — Welsh cleric and antiquarian
Ellis, ThomasThomas Ellis (OM) 1649–1673 — Fellow during and after the English Commonwealth, Vice-Principal under Francis Mansell
Ellis, ThomasThomas Ellis (OM) 1731–1761 — Became Senior Fellow
Evans, Daniel SilvanDaniel Silvan Evans 1897–1900 — Welsh lexicographer, Professor of Welsh at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Chancellor of Bangor Cathedral
Evans, DanielDaniel Evans 1817–1846 — Welsh poet (known as Daniel Ddu o Geredigion)
Evans, EllisEllis Evans (OM/HF) 1978–1996 — Jesus Professor of Celtic (1978–1996)
Evans, RoyRoy Evans 1998–1999 — Civil engineer who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
Ferguson, NiallNiall Ferguson 1992–present — Laurence Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University since 2004, Senior Research Fellow since 2002 (having previously been an Official Fellow in History)
Foster, IdrisSir Idris Foster (HF) 1947–1978 — Jesus Professor of Celtic (1947–1978)
Ffoulkes, EdmundEdmund Ffoulkes (OM) 1843–1855 — Anglican priest (and nephew of Principal Henry Foulkes) who converted to Roman Catholicism and back to Anglicanism, becoming vicar of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Foulkes, HenryHenry Foulkes (OM) 1796–1817 1817–1857 Longest-serving Principal in the history of the college
Fraser, JohnJohn Fraser 1921–1945 — Jesus Professor of Celtic (1921–1945)
George, HerbertHerbert George (OM) 1919–1939 — Chemistry tutor, who also acted as the college's Librarian and Bursar
Gilbertson, LewisLewis Gilbertson (OM) 1840–1872 — Served as Junior Bursar for a time, then as Vice-Principal (1855–1872); tried to move the college towards Anglo-Catholicism and involved in the renovation of the chapel in 1864
Godfray, CharlesCharles Godfray 2006–present — Hope Professor of Entomology since 2006
Goodwin, AlbertAlbert Goodwin (OM) 1933–1953 — History Lecturer (1931) then Fellow; later Professor of History at the University of Manchester
Grant, DavidDavid Grant 2005–2006 — Engineer who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University
Gray, JohnJohn Gray 1976–1997 — Political philosopher, who became School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics
Griffiths, Ernest HowardErnest Howard Griffiths 1905, 1909, 1913, 1917 — Physicist and principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, and a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow
Griffiths, JohnJohn Griffiths (OM) 1863–1916 — Mathematician with a particular interest in analytical geometry
Habakkuk, JohnSir John Habakkuk (HF) — 1967–1984 Served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1973–1977) whilst Principal
Hale, Sir John RigbySir John Rigby Hale (OM/HF) 1949–1964 — Historian of the Renaissance
Hargreaves, DavidDavid Hargreaves 1979–1984 — University Reader in Education; later became Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge (1988–2000)
Harper, HugoHugo Harper (OM) 1845–1852 1877–1895 Former headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School and Sherborne School
Harvey, PaulPaul Harvey 1997–present — Professor of Zoology
Hazel, AlfredAlfred Hazel (OM) 1898–1925 1925–1944 Former Liberal MP, Fellow in Law and All Souls Reader in English Law (1933)
Hardy, ErnestErnest Hardy 1875–1878
1896–1921		 1921–1925 Classics tutor who wrote a history of the college (1899) and succeeded Rhys as Principal after a vacancy of six years – the first non-Welsh Principal since Francis Howell (1657–1660)
Hide, RaymondRaymond Hide (HF) 1983–1996 — Geophysicist, working in meteorology, oceanography and geomagnetism
Higginson, JohnJohn Higginson 1571–1622 1571 – after 1622 — A Leicestershire priest who was one of the eight original Fellows of the college, and was still alive in 1622 when the college's third charter was granted by King James I
Hoare, JosephJoseph Hoare (OM) 1734–1762 1768–1802 First married Principal, who donated £200 whilst Principal for restoration of the Old Quadrangle
Houghton, JohnSir John Houghton (OM/HF) 1960–1983 — Professor of Atmospheric Physics (1976–1983) and chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Howell, FrancisFrancis Howell — 1657–1660 Principal during the English Commonwealth, and the only non-Welsh Principal between 1571 and 1921
Howell, JamesJames Howell 1623 — Elected to a Fellowship, but never formally admitted before his place was taken by another in 1626
Huet, ThomasThomas Huet 1571–1591 — Precentor of St David's Cathedral (1562–1588), one of the eight original Fellows of the college
Hughes, DavidDavid Hughes (OM) 1774–1802 1802–1817 Donated money to increase the value of scholarships from South Wales and England, to reduce disparity with North Wales scholarships
Humphreys, HumphreyHumphrey Humphreys (OM) 1673–1680 — Bishop of Bangor (1689–1701), Bishop of Hereford (1701–1712)
Huyck, ThomasThomas Huyck 1571–1575 — Chancellor of the Diocese of London, one of the eight original Fellows of the college
James, EdwardEdward James (OM) 1589 or 1590 – about 1596 — Welsh cleric who translated the first Book of Homilies into Welsh in 1606
Jayne, FrancisFrancis Jayne 1868–1873 — Lecturer in modern history (1871–1879), later Bishop of Chester
Jenkins, John DavidJohn David Jenkins (OM) 1852–1876 — Leoline Fellow and Canon of Pietermaritzburg, later called the "Rail men's Apostle" for his ministry to railway workers in Oxford
Jenkins, LeolineSir Leoline Jenkins (OM) 1660–1661 1661–1673 Lawyer, diplomat and Secretary of State (1680–1684)
Johnson, RobertRobert Johnson 1571–1625 — One of the eight original Fellows of the college, later Archdeacon of Leicester and founder of Oakham and Uppingham Schools
Jones, HughHugh Jones (OM) 1839–1844 — Welsh cleric, later Archdeacon of St Asaph
Jones, JohnJohn Jones (OM) 1667–1668 — Welsh cleric, physician, inventor and Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral
Jones, John ViriamuJohn Viriamu Jones 1897–1898 — Scientist who was first principal of the University of Wales, Cardiff, first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales and the College's first Welsh Supernumerary Fellow
Jones, MauriceMaurice Jones (OM/HF) 1923–? — Welsh Supernumerary Fellow (the length of his tenure of the Fellowship is unclear), Principal of St David's College, Lampeter (1923–1938)
Jones, MerfynMerfyn Jones 2004–2005 — Historian who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
Jones, SamuelSamuel Jones (OM) 1653–1656 — Non-conformist clergyman who established an academy in Wales for dissenting ministers
Jones, WilliamWilliam Jones (OM) 1699–1707 1720–1725 Left his Fellowship when appointed Rector of Longworth, Oxfordshire
Keble, JosephJoseph Keble 1648–? — Lawyer and writer; said to have been appointed by the Parliamentary commissioners during the English Civil War, but not included in Hardy's list of Fellows
Knox, MalcolmSir Malcolm Knox 1931–1936 — Philosopher who became Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews University (later becoming its Principal)
Krebs, Baron Krebs, JohnJohn Krebs, Baron Krebs — 2005–present Zoologist, chairman of the Food Standards Agency (2000–05), appointed to the House of Lords as a cross-bencher in 2007
Lewis, DavidDavid Lewis — 1571–1572 First Principal; Fellow of All Souls, former Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, a judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1558
Lewis, DavidDavid Lewis 1839–1846 — Vice-Principal (1845–1846) who resigned his Fellowship on conversion to Catholicism under influence of the Oxford Movement
Lindsay, WallaceWallace Lindsay (HF) 1880–1899 — Classicist who became Professor of Humanity at St Andrews University
Lloyd, GriffithGriffith Lloyd — 1572–1586 Second Principal, and one of the first benefactors to leave land to the college in his will
Lloyd, HughHugh Lloyd 1614–? — Bishop of Llandaff (1660–1667) who was reputedly a Fellow of the college, although the college's records do not substantiate this
Lloyd, JohnJohn Lloyd 1661–1673 1673–1686 Resigned as Principal when appointed Bishop of St David's in October 1686, but died in early 1687
Lloyd, JohnJohn Lloyd (OM) 1765–1773 — Welsh cleric
Lloyd, JohnJohn Lloyd 1571–1607 — Former Dean of St Asaph, judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and one of the eight original Fellows of the college
Lloyd, WilliamWilliam Lloyd (OM) 1641–1648
1660–1685		 — Bishop of St Asaph (1680–1692), Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (1692–1699) and Bishop of Worcester (1699–1717), whose fellowship was interrupted by English Civil War
Lougher, RobertRobert Lougher 1571–1585 — Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford (1564–1570 and 1575–1580), Regius Professor of Civil Law and one of the eight original Fellows of the college
Lucas, RichardRichard Lucas (OM) 1671–1684 — Later prebend of Westminster Abbey and President of Sion College
Maurice, HenryHenry Maurice (OM) 1670–1685 — Chaplain to Leoline Jenkins on diplomatic missions abroad; elected Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford shortly before his death in 1691
Mansell, FrancisFrancis Mansell (OM) — 1620–1621
1630–1648
1660–1661		 Altered and enlarged the college buildings during his second term of office
Meyrick, EdmundEdmund Meyrick (OM) 1662–1663 — Benefactor of Jesus College who married shortly after his appointment as a probationary Fellow, making him ineligible for a full Fellowship
Meyricke, MauriceMaurice Meyricke 1622–? — Named as one of the founding Fellows in the college's third charter (1622); college records do not give the end-date of his Fellowship
Morgan, KennethKenneth Morgan (OM) 1991–1992 — Welsh historian, who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales
Morris-Jones, JohnSir John Morris-Jones (OM) 1904–? — Professor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales from 1895, who held a research Fellowship (for an unclear length of time) at Jesus College as well
North, PeterSir Peter North (HF) — 1984–2005 Served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1993–1997) whilst Principal
Ogilvie, FrederickSir Frederick Ogilvie — 1946–1949 Director-General of the BBC (1938–1942) before becoming Principal
Owen, HumphreyHumphrey Owen (OM) 1725–1763 1763–1768 Bodley's Librarian (1747–1768)
Owen, RobertRobert Owen (OM) 1845–1864 — Theologian and antiquarian, who was forced to resign his Fellowship after an allegation of immorality
Page, ChristopherChristopher Page 1977–1980 — Junior Research Fellow, now a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge specialising in medieval music
Palmer, TimTim Palmer 2010–present — Meteorologist, who has held the post at Oxford of Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professor of Atmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics since 2010
Pardo, ThomasThomas Pardo (OM) 1711–1727 1727–1763 As Principal, completed the north-west corner of the inner quadrangle and carried out alterations to the hall and front of college
Parry, JohnJohn Parry 1711–? — Bishop of Ossory (1672–1677); college records do not give the end-date of his Fellowship
Parry, WilliamWilliam Parry (OM) 1714–1727 — Clergyman and antiquarian
Pearce, RobertRobert Pearce 2007–2008 — Lawyer who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter
Poulton, Sir Edward BagnallSir Edward Bagnall Poulton (OM) 1898–1943 — Hope Professor of Zoology (1893–1933); succeeded by G. D. Hale Carpenter
Powell, GriffithGriffith Powell (OM) 1589–1613 1613–1620 First Jesus College student to become Principal; as Principal, he oversaw the building of the hall, buttery and kitchen, but died a year before the chapel was completed.
Price, TheodoreTheodore Price (OM) 1621–? — Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford and Prebend of Westminster Abbey, who was appointed to a Fellowship when he was made one of the commissioners for settling the college statutes in 1621 (although college records do not give the end-date of his Fellowship)
Prichard, ThomasThomas Prichard (OM) 1615–? — Appointed as a Fellow in 1615, then named as one of the founding Fellows in the college's third charter (1622); college records do not give the end-date of his Fellowship
Prichard, WilliamWilliam Prichard (OM) 1615–? — Named as one of the founding Fellows in the college's third charter (1622); college records do not give the end-date of his Fellowship
Rees, BrinleyBrinley Rees 1975–1976 — Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Principal of St David's College, Lampeter (1975–1980)
Rees, RiceRice Rees (OM) 1828–1839 — Welsh cleric and historian; Hardy gives his election year as 1830
Rhys, JohnSir John Rhys (OM/HF) 1881–1895 1895–1915 First Jesus Professor of Celtic (1877–1915), Honorary Fellow (1877–1881) and Bursar 1881–1895
Ritchie, David GeorgeDavid George Ritchie 1878–1894 — Scottish philosopher, who was later Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of St Andrews
Roberts, MichaelMichael Roberts 1625–1637 1648–1657 Principal during the English Commonwealth
Robbins, KeithKeith Robbins 1996–1997
2002–2003		 — Historian who was a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter
Seymour, PercyPercy Seymour (OM) 1924–1943 — Australian classicist, Bursar (1930–1935)
Steel, RobertRobert Steel (OM/HF) 1954–1956
1974–1975
1979–1980		 — Geographer who left his fellowship to became Professor of Geography at Liverpool University; a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow on two occasions in his capacity as Principal of the University College of Swansea (1974–1982)
Jones, JohnJohn Jones (OM) 1667–1668 — Welsh cleric, physician, inventor and Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral
Stradling, GeorgeGeorge Stradling 1641–1642 — Dean of Chichester Cathedral (1672–1688)
Stuart-Jones, HenryHenry Stuart-Jones 1928–1929, 1932–1933 — Former Camden Professor of Ancient History at Oxford, who was later a Welsh Supernumerary Fellow in his capacity as Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Thelwall, EubuleSir Eubule Thelwall — 1621–1630 Lawyer and MP for Denbighshire (1624–1626 and 1628–1629), called the "second founder" of Jesus College for his expenditure on the chapel and hall and for obtaining a new charter and statutes from King James I
Thelwall, EubuleEubule Thelwall 1702–1725 1725–1727 Succeeded William Jones as both Rector of Longworth and Principal, but died just two years after his promotion
Thomas, Thomas LlewellynThomas Llewellyn Thomas (OM) 1872–1897 — Welsh-language scholar who served as Senior Tutor and Vice-Principal (acting as Principal during Hugo Harper's illness (1887–1895)), but lost the 1895 election to become Principal
Thomas, WilliamWilliam Thomas (OM) 1635–? — Later Bishop of St David's and Bishop of Worcester; college records do not show when his Fellowship terminated
Sir James ThursfieldJames Thursfield (HF) 1864–1881 — Naval historian and journalist, who became first editor of the Times Literary Supplement
Tizard, PeterSir Peter Tizard (HF) 1972–1983 — First Professor of Paediatrics at Oxford University
Tomlin, GrahamGraham Tomlin 1989–1994 — Chaplain, later Vice-Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Vincent, James VincentJames Vincent Vincent (OM) 1816–1824 — Later Dean of Bangor
Ward, SethSeth Ward — 1657 Elected Principal by the Fellows, but never held the position as Oliver Cromwell installed Francis Howell instead; he later became Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Salisbury
Webb, ColinColin Webb 1973–2005 — Professor of Physics at Oxford (1992–2002)
Williams, CharlesCharles Williams (OM) 1829–1845 1857–1877 Former Headmaster of Ruthin School and incumbent of Holyhead parish church
Williams, JamesJames Williams (OM) 1813–1822 — Later Chancellor of Bangor Cathedral
Williams, JohnJohn Williams 1590–1602 1602–1613 Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity (1594–1613) and Dean of Bangor (1605–1613)
Williams, JohnJohn Williams (OM) 1783–? — Welsh cleric, and Master of the free school at Llanrwst; college records do not give the end-date of his Fellowship
Woodward, LeonardLeonard Woodward 1939–1970 — Chemist who was an authority on Raman spectroscopy
Wynne, EdwardEdward Wynne (OM) 1703–1711 — Chancellor of the Diocese of Hereford (1707–1754) and an Anglesey landowner
Wynne, JohnJohn Wynne (OM) 1687–1712 1712–1720 Bishop of St Asaph (1715–1727) and Bishop of Bath and Wells (1727–1743)
Wynne, RobertRobert Wynne (OM) 1681–1691 — Chancellor of St Asaph (1690–1743); the elder brother of William
Wynne, WilliamWilliam Wynne (OM) 1692–1704 — Welsh cleric and historian; the younger brother of Robert

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