List of Vice-Chancellor & Wardens of the University of Durham
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The Vice-Chancellor & Warden is the chief executive of the University of Durham. He or she also holds the position of "Warden of the Durham Colleges" and is appointed by the Council. The deputy to the Vice Chancellor is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor who also holds the position of "Sub-Warden of the Durham Colleges" and deputises for the Vice-Chancellor. There may also be additional Pro-Vice-Chancellors. The previous Vice-Chancellor, Sir Kenneth Calman
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From 1908 to 1937, the Warden of the Durham Colleges was appointed for a period of two years, and the post of Vice-Chancellor alternated between Durham and Newcastle. From 1937, though a permanent Warden was appointed, the post of Vice-Chancellor continued to alternate until the establishment in 1963 of the independent University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Kenneth Calman
Sir Kenneth Charles Calman, KCB, DL, FRSE is a Scottish cancer researcher and former Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006, before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He has held the position of...
, retired in April 2007, and was succeeded by Professor Chris Higgins
Chris Higgins (academic)
Chris Higgins is, since April 2007, the Vice-Chancellor of Durham University. He was previously the director of the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Head of Division in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London....
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- 1832 - 1862 Archdeacon Charles ThorpCharles ThorpCharles Thorp was an English churchman, rector of the parish of Ryton and, later, Archdeacon of Durham and the first warden of the University of Durham.-Life:...
- 1862 - 1869 The Very Revd George WaddingtonGeorge Waddington (historian)George Waddington was an English clergyman, traveller and church historian.-Life:...
- 1869 - 1894 The Very Revd William Lake
- 1894 - 1908 The Very Revd George William KitchinGeorge William KitchinGeorge William Kitchin was the first Chancellor of the University of Durham, from the institution of the role in 1908 till his death in 1912. He was also the last Dean of Durham Cathedral to govern the university....
- 1910 - 1912 Prof Frank Byron JevonsFrank Byron JevonsFrank Byron Jevons was a polymath, academic and administrator of Durham University.-Early life:He was educated at Nottingham High School and Wadham College, Oxford and appointed a lecturer in Classics at Durham in 1882.-Career:...
- 1912 - 1914 Sir George Hare Philipson
- 1914 - 1916 The Revd Henry GeeHenry Gee (dean)The Very Rev Henry Gee DD, FSA was an Anglican dean in the first half of the 20th century.He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1877. He was a Tutor at the London College of Divinity then Principal of Bishop’s College, Ripon...
- 1916 - 1918 Sir William Henry HadowWilliam Henry HadowSir William Henry Hadow CBE was a leading educational reformer in Great Britain and a musicologist.Hadow was born at Ebrington, Gloucester, England. He studied at Malvern College, followed by Worcester College, Oxford where he taught and became Dean...
- 1918 - 1920 John Stapylton Grey Pemberton
- 1920 - 1922 Sir David DrummondDavid Drummond (academic)Professor Sir David Drummond C.B.E., K.B.E. was a British physician and President of the British Medical Association. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1920–1922, having also served as the President of the University's College of Medicine in Newcastle.Drummond studied...
- 1922 - 1924 Prof Arthur Robinson
- 1924 - 1926 Sir Theodore Morison
- 1926 - 1928 Prof Percy John HeawoodPercy John HeawoodPercy John Heawood was a British mathematician educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Ipswich, and Exeter College, Oxford....
- 1928 - 1930 Sir Thomas OliverThomas OliverThomas Oliver may refer to:*Thomas Oliver *Thomas Oliver , last Royal Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts...
- 1930 - 1932 The Revd Prof Henry Ellershaw
- 1932 - 1934 Sir William Sinclair MarrisWilliam Sinclair MarrisSir William Sinclair Marris KCSI, KCIE, HON. D. LITT. , HON, LITT.D. was a member of the Indian Civil Service during the British Raj...
- 1934 - 1936 The Revd Stephen Richard Platt Moulsdale
- 1934 - 1937 Sir Robert Alfred Bolam
- 1937 - 1960 Prof Sir James Fitzjames Duff (alternating until 1952 with The Rt. hon. Lord Eustace PercyEustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of NewcastleEustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle PC , styled Lord Eustace Percy between 1899 and 1953, was a British diplomat, Conservative politician and public servant...
, then with Dr Charles Ion Carr Bosanquet) - 1960 - 1979 Prof Sir Derman ChristophersonDerman ChristophersonSir Derman Guy Christopherson OBE FRS FREng was a British engineering science academic.He was born the son of a clergyman, Derman Christopherson , and Edith Frances...
(alternating with Dr Charles Ion Carr Bosanquet until 1963) - 1980 - 1990 Prof Sir Frederick Holliday
- 1990 - 1998 Prof Evelyn Ebsworth
- 1998 - 2007 Prof Sir Kenneth CalmanKenneth CalmanSir Kenneth Charles Calman, KCB, DL, FRSE is a Scottish cancer researcher and former Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006, before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He has held the position of...
- 2007 - present Prof Christopher HigginsChris Higgins (academic)Chris Higgins is, since April 2007, the Vice-Chancellor of Durham University. He was previously the director of the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Head of Division in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London....
From 1908 to 1937, the Warden of the Durham Colleges was appointed for a period of two years, and the post of Vice-Chancellor alternated between Durham and Newcastle. From 1937, though a permanent Warden was appointed, the post of Vice-Chancellor continued to alternate until the establishment in 1963 of the independent University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle University is a major research-intensive university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. It was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834 and became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne by an Act of Parliament in August 1963. Newcastle University is...
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