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Frederick Bulley

1810 – 1885

British academic (1810–1885), president of Magdalen College, Oxford

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Lived 1810 – 1885 (aged 74–75). Frederick Bulley was a British academic administrator.

Frederick Bulley (1810 – 3 September 1885) was President of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1855 until his death.

Frederick (or Frederic) was born in Reading in Berkshire in 1810, the third son of Dr. John Bulley of that place and his wife, Charlotte, the daughter of Capt. Samuel Pocock of Beenham House, also in Berkshire. He matriculated at the University of Oxford, as a member of Magdalen College, on 26 July 1825 at the age of 14. He obtained his BA degree in 1829 (a third-class degree in Literae Humaniores), his MA in 1832, his BD degree in 1840 and his DD degree in 1855. During his time as President, his "extreme kindness and urbanity of manner" was noted.

Bulley had a country mansion called Marston Hill House, built in 1884–85 in Marston Meysey parish, in the north of Wiltshire, close to Gloucestershire. He died on 3 September 1885 in Fairford, Gloucestershire.

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1810
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Magdalen College, Reading School
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British academic (1810–1885), president of Magdalen College, Oxford

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Frederick Bulley was born in 1810.

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Frederick Bulley died on 3 September 1885.

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Frederick Bulley was an academic administrator.

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