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Edmund Lilly

d. 1610

Academic administrator

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About Edmund Lilly

Edmund Lilly was a writer.

Edmund Lilly D.D. (died 7 February 1610) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

Lilly became Master (head) of Balliol College, Oxford on 1 August 1580, a post he held until his death in 1610. During his time as Master of Balliol, he was twice Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University for the periods 1585–1586 and 1593–1596. Lilly was deemed an "excellent divine".

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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford

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academic administrator

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Edmund Lilly died on 7 February 1610.

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Edmund Lilly was a writer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edmund Lilly

· Wikidata: Q5339641

· DBpedia: Edmund Lilly (academic administrator)

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