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Henry Stringer (c. 1594 – February 1657) was an English clergyman and academic.

Stringer was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship aged 11 in 1605,[1] and New College, Oxford, gaining a fellowship in 1614, and graduating B.A. 1618, M.A. 1621 (incorporated M.A. at Cambridge in 1627),[2] B.D. 1632, D.D. 1642.[3]

He was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in 1625 and Proctor in 1630,[3] and Warden of New College, Oxford in 1647, expressly against the orders of Parliament.[4] He was ejected by the Parliamentary visitors in 1648.[3]

Stringer was buried in Blackfriars church, London in February 1657.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kirby, T. F. (1888). Winchester Scholars. p. 161. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Stringer, Henry (STRR627H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b c d Foster, Joseph. "Stermont-Synge". Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. British History Online. pp. 1422–1452. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Thomas Tanner (1630–1682): A Cosmopolitan Fellow of the Interregnum and his Donations to the Library". New College Notes (PDF). Vol. 6. 2015. ISSN 2517-6935. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
Academic offices Preceded byRobert Pink Warden of New College, Oxford 1647–1648 Succeeded byGeorge Marshall


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