William Smyth (academic administrator)

William Smyth D.D. (1582 – 6 May 1658), was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

William Smyth in 1635

Smyth was elected Warden of Wadham College, Oxford on 24 March 1616/17, a post he held until he resigned on 7 September 1635.^[1] While Warden at Wadham College, Smyth was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1630 until 1632.^[2][3] He died on 6 May 1658.^[1]

References

1. H. E. Salter and Mary D. Lobel, ed. (1954). "Wadham College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 279–287. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
2. "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
3. University of Oxford (1888). "Vice-Chancellors". The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Flemming	Warden of Wadham College, Oxford 1616/17–1635	Succeeded by Daniel Escot
Preceded by Accepted Frewen	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1630–1632	Succeeded by Brian Duppa