William de Bosco

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William de Bosco (also de Boys) was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university chancellor.[1]

William de Bosco was one of the early Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, from 1284 to 1286.[2] He was a doctor of theology and Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[3] Later he became a Canon at Salisbury[2] through Simon of Ghent, Bishop of Salisbury and also a Chancellor of Oxford University.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ^ a b Coates, Alan (1999). "Study at University". English Medieval Books: The Reading Abbey Collections from Foundation to Dispersal. Oxford University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0198207566.
  3. ^ Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. p. 13 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Pantin, William Abel (2010). "The Geography of Learning". The English Church in the Fourteenth Century: Based on the Birkbeck Lectures, 1948. Cambridge University Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-1108015295.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1273–1276
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1308–1309
Succeeded by