Herbert Warren
Sir Thomas Herbert Warren KCVO | |
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Sir Thomas Herbert Warren (1853–1930), President (1885–1928), by Glyn Philpot | |
| President of Magdalen College, Oxford | |
| In office 1885–1928 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Bulley |
| Succeeded by | George Gordon |
| Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University | |
| In office 1906–1910 | |
| Preceded by | William Walter Merry |
| Succeeded by | Charles Buller Heberden |
| Oxford Professor of Poetry | |
| In office 1911–1916 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Cecil Bradley |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Murray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1853 Bristol, England |
| Died | June 9, 1930 (aged 76) Oxford, England |
| Spouse | Mary Isabel Brodie (m. 1886) |
| Parent(s) | Algernon William Warren, Cecil Thomas |
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Sir Thomas Herbert Warren, KCVO (21 October 1853 – 9 June 1930) was a British academic and administrator who was president of Magdalen College, Oxford for 43 years (1885–1928) and vice-chancellor of Oxford University (1906–10).
In his teens during the late 1860s, Warren played rugby football for the newly opened Clifton College. During the 1870s, he earned a scholarship which allowed him to enter Warren Balliol College, Oxford. He played rugby football for both the college and the university. As an academic, he gained a number of international honours. He received the Legion of Honour from France and the Order of the Crown of Italy.