John Hygdon
English academic and churchman
About John Hygdon
Lived 1472 – 1537 (aged 64–65).
John Hygdon (or Hygden) (1472–1533) was an English academic and churchman.
Career President of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1516 to 1525, Hygdon became the first dean of Cardinal College, Oxford (1525–31) and from 1532–3 of its successor, King Henry VIII's College (later refounded as Christ Church). From 1502–4, he had served as vicar of Upper Beeding, Sussex. Brian Hygdon, the Dean of York, was his brother.
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Who was John Hygdon?
English academic and churchman
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John Hygdon was born in 1472.
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John Hygdon died in 1537.
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