Thomas Thornton
English Church of England clergyman and academic administrator
About Thomas Thornton
Lived 1541 – 1629 (aged 87–88). Thomas Thornton was a canon and cleric.
Thomas Thornton (c.1541–1629) was an English Church of England clergyman and academic administrator.
Thornton received a Bachelor of Divinity degree followed by a Doctor of Divinity degree at Oxford University. He was based at Christ Church, Oxford and was a Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He was twice vice-chancellor at the University of Oxford during 1583–4 and 1599–1600. He was also Precentor of Hereford Cathedral from 1573, and Master of the Library there from 1595; he re-organized the library and had new bookcases installed on the model of those in the Bodleian Library
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Who was Thomas Thornton?
English Church of England clergyman and academic administrator
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Thomas Thornton was born in 1541.
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Thomas Thornton died in 1629.
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Thomas Thornton was a canon and cleric.
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