St Alban Hall, sometimes known as St Alban's Hall or Stubbins, was one of the medieval halls of the University of Oxford, and one of the longest-surviving. It was established in the 13th century, acqu
Richard Whately was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Chu
St Alban Hall, Oxford
…by the university's statutes for Academical Halls, and its principal was chosen by the chancellor of the university. Chancellor Grenville appointed Richard Whately as principal in 1825, in an attempt to raise standards there. John Henry Newman was Whately's vice-principal from 1825 to 1826, and Samuel Hinds from…
The monument dedicated to Whately in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, sculpted by Thomas Farrell