Charles Buller Heberden

Charles Buller Heberden
Charles Buller Heberden
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
	In office; 1910–1913
Preceded by	Thomas Herbert Warren
Succeeded by	Thomas Banks Strong
Personal details
Born	14 December 1849
Died	30 May 1921 (aged 71)
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Charles Buller Heberden (14 December 1849 – 30 May 1921) was an English classical scholar and academic administrator. He was principal of Brasenose College, Oxford (1889–1920)^[1]^[2] and served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University.

Life

He was born at Broadhembury in Devon, the son of the Rev. William Heberden. He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford, from 1868, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Jowett.^[3]^[4]

Heberden edited a book on the history of Brasenose College, published in 1909.^[5] He funded a Harrow Scholarship for Brasenose College in 1916 and an Organ Scholarship in 1921 at his death.^[6] He also left £1,000 to the university, which was used for the Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum.^[7]

He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1914 to 1921.^[8]

Heberden is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford.

References

^ Brasenose College, Oxford — Principals Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Brasenose College, A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 207–219.
^ Jowett Papers: Index of BJ's contemporaries Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Balliol College Library, Oxford.
^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Heberden, Charles Buller
^ Charles Buller Heberden, ed. (1909), Brasenose College Register, 1509–1909 [Oxford Historical Series; no. 55], Oxford: Blackwell for the Oxford Historical Society, OCLC 222963720.
^ Statutes of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, Brasenose College, Oxford, 28 April 1954. (Last amended December 1999.)
^ C.M. Kraay and C.H.V. Sutherland, The Heberden Coin Room: Origin and Development Archived 2006-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972. (Revised 1989 and 2001.)
^ "School Notes" (PDF). The Abingdonian.

External links

Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Academic offices
Preceded by Albert Watson	Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford 1889–1920	Succeeded by Charles Henry Sampson
Preceded by Thomas Herbert Warren	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1910–1913	Succeeded by Thomas Strong