Sir Francis James Wylie (October 18, 1865 – October 29, 1952) was a British university academic and administrator. He was the first Warden

Warden (college)

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 of Rhodes House

Rhodes House

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 at Oxford University, England

England

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Francis Wylie was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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, and Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, Oxford

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, where he received a first class degree in Literae Humaniores

Literae Humaniores

Literae Humaniores is the name given to an undergraduate course focused on Classics at Oxford and some other universities.The Latin name means literally "more humane letters", but is perhaps better rendered as "Advanced Studies", since humaniores has the sense of "more refined" or "more learned",...

in 1888. He became a lecturer at Balliol College in 1891 and a Fellow of Brasenose College

Brasenose College, Oxford

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 in 1892. His research was in the area of English literature

English literature

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. He was coauthor of the book, The Poetry of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator...

; A Commentary.

Wylie was supervisor of the Rhodes Trust scheme at Oxford University and became Warden of Rhodes House in Oxford from 1903 to 1931.
He presented the Einstein blackboard in the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford (saved by the University don E. J. Bowen

E. J. Bowen

Edmund John Bowen FRS was a British chemist. Born in Worcester, E. J. Bowen attended the Royal Grammar School Worcester. He won the Brackenbury Scholarship in 1915 and 1916 to Oxford University where he studied chemistry...

 on 16 May 1931) after Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

's series of three lectures at Rhodes House that year.
He was knighted in 1929 and became an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College in 1931. In 1933, Wylie received an honorary degree from Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College

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 in the USA.

Wylie's fourth son, born in Oxford, was Shaun Wylie

Shaun Wylie

Shaun Wylie was a British mathematician and World War II codebreaker.-Early life:Wylie was born in Oxford, England, the fourth son of Sir Francis Wylie, later the first Warden of Rhodes House in Oxford. He was educated at Dragon School and then Winchester College...

 (1913–2009), a mathematician who worked at Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park

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 during World War II

World War II

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