Albert Watson (academic)

The Rev. Albert Watson (December 1828 – 21 November 1904)[1] was an Oxford college head in the 19th century.[2]

Watson was born in Astley, Worcestershire and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] A classicist, he was Fellow of Brasenose from 1852 to 1886. He was a Tutor from 1854 to 1867; a Lecturer from 1867 to 1870; and Bursar from 1871 until his election as Principal of Brasenose[4] in 1886.[5] He resigned in 1889;[6] and died in 1904.

Notes

1. 'Obituary. The Rev Albert Watson' The Times Tuesday, 22 November 1904 Issue 37558 p.4
2. Victorian Web
3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Watson, Rev. Albert" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
4. BNC web-site
5. 'University Intelligence' The Times Saturday, 27 February 1886 Issue 31694 p.10
6. 'University Intelligence' The Times Thursday, 11 July 1889 Issue 32748 p.10

Academic offices
Preceded by Edward Hartopp Cradock	Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford 1886–1889	Succeeded by Charles Buller Heberden