Hugo Harper

Hugo Daniel Harper (3 May 1821 – 8 January 1895) was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1877 to 1895.

Early life and education Harper was born at Langwick, Glamorgan on 3 May 1821. He went to school at Christ's Hospital where he was awarded a scholarship and obtained a second in classical moderations, followed by a first in mathematics in 1844.

Career He was headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School (1847–50) and Sherborne School (1851–77). He served as Chairman of the Conference of Headmasters.

He was ordained Deacon at Christ Church Cathedral on 18 May 1845, and Priest at Salisbury Cathedral on 23 December 1855.

Harper married at All Saints' Church, Knightsbridge on 19 December 1850 Mary Charlotte Harness, the elder daughter of Henry Drury Harness. Their seven children were all born in Sherborne. Among their children was Mary Harper, who married in 1886 Dr. Ernest Stewart Roberts, later Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

He served as Prebendary of Salisbury from 1871 to 1882.

In 1877 he was elected Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. and from 1882 to 1893 Vicar of Besselsleigh in Berkshire. He was buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford in the grave of his son William Jevon Harper, who had died at the age of 17.