1. George William Kitchin was the first Chancellor of the University of Durham, from the institution of the role in 1908 until his death in 1912.
16 Facts About George Kitchin
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George Kitchin was the last Dean of Durham to govern the university.
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George Kitchin was educated at King's College School and King's College, London, then at Christ Church, Oxford, where in 1850 he took a Double First in Classics and Mathematics, promoted by seniority to MA in 1852.
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In 1854, George Kitchin was an examiner in Mathematics at Christ Church.
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George Kitchin soon left Oxford to become Headmaster of Twyford Preparatory School in Hampshire, but returned to residence at Oxford as Censor in 1861.
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George Kitchin served as Oxford's first Junior Censor of non-collegiate students from 1868 to 1883.
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George Kitchin took a break from Oxford life to live at Brantwood, in the Lake District, from 1869 to 1871, a property later bought by his friend John Ruskin.
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George Kitchin was appointed as Chaplain to William Jacobson, Bishop of Chester, from 1871 to 1872, was tutor of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and was lecturer and tutor in history at Christ Church from 1870 to 1883.
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George Kitchin was Commissary to Charles Sandford, Bishop of Gibraltar, from 1874 to 1904, and was an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London, and an honorary Student of Christ Church.
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In 1883, George Kitchin was appointed as Dean of Winchester and in 1894 as Dean of Durham.
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Thereafter, George Kitchin personally took over and master-minded the entire project, essentially as his own architect, commissioning the many new statues needed to populate the restored screen.
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George Kitchin wrote the hymn 'Lift High the Cross' in 1887 for a Missionary Service in Winchester Cathedral.
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George Kitchin described several biblical manuscripts: Uncial 0132, minuscule 73, Minuscule 506, Minuscule 507, and Minuscule 639.
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In 1910, when the University of Durham was given a new constitution, George Kitchin was elected as its first Chancellor and remained in office until his death two years later.
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George Kitchin is buried on the west of the entrance path to Durham Cathedral next to Bishop Alfred Tucker.
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On 8 September 1863, at Westminster Abbey, George Kitchin married Alice Maud Taylor, second daughter of Bridges Taylor, the British consul in Denmark.