Henry Woudhuysen | |
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Born | Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen 24 October 1954 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
Academic background | |
Education | St Paul's School, London |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Leicester's literary patronage: A study of the English court, 1578-1582 (1981) |
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Institutions | Lincoln College, Oxford University College London |
Notable works | The Oxford Companion to the Book The Arden Shakespeare |
Henry Ruxton Woudhuysen, FSA, FBA (born 24 October 1954), is a British academic specialising in Renaissance English literature.[1] He was the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford from 2012 to 2024.[2][3][4] He was previously Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London.[5]