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‘The finest place in the University’: George Herbert (1593-1633), Public Orator

Posted on 4 September 2020 by Special Collections

By Jacqueline Cox (Keeper of University Archives) 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the election of the poet George Herbert as Public Orator, a post he held until 1627. First created by university statute […]

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John Fisher (ca 1469-1535), martyr (and archivist)

Posted on 27 April 2016 by Jacky Cox

John Fisher’s principled opposition to Henry VIII’s divorce from Katherine of Aragon resulted in his conviction for treason and execution in 1535. Everyone remembers the […]

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