Arthur Blackburne Poynton
Arthur Blackburne Poynton was an English classical scholar. He was a Fellow and later Master of University College, Oxford.
Poynton was born in Kelston, Somerset, the son of Rev. Francis John Poynton. He was educated at Marlborough College followed by Balliol College, Oxford from 1885. He was Fellow and Tutor at University College, Oxford from 1894, and Bursar from 1900 to 1935. At University College, he was tutor to the author and academic C. S. Lewis from 1919 to 1920 and the classical scholar E. R. Dodds.
Poynton was Public Orator at Oxford University for seven years. He delivered the oration for Albert Einstein at his honorary degree ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre on 23 May 1931.
Poynton died on 8 October 1944 during World War II as the result of a motor car accident in the High Street at Oxford.
