About George Rowley
Lived 1782 – 1836 (aged 54). George Rowley was a writer.
George Rowley (4 April 1782 – 5 October 1836) was Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.
Education Rowley was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School).
Career George Rowley was the Dean of University College in the early 19th century, at the time of Percy Bysshe Shelley's expulsion for writing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism in 1811. He became Master of University College from 1821 to 1836 and later Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1832 to 1836.
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Who was George Rowley?
British academic
When was George Rowley born?
George Rowley was born on 4 April 1782.
When did George Rowley die?
George Rowley died on 5 October 1836.
What was George Rowley's occupation?
George Rowley was a writer.
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