George William Hall
Rev. George William Hall D.D. was Master of Pembroke College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.Education
He was born on 12 March 1770 and baptised one month later. George was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames. He was a Fellow at Lincoln College and Pembroke College in Oxford. BA 1792, MA 1795, BD and Doctor of Divinity 1809.Career
He became Master of Pembroke College, Oxford in 1809 and remained until his death in the third quarter of 1843. He was responsible for overseeing the remodelling of several of the College's features including Broadgates Hall, the Old Quad and the frontage of St. Aldates. He was also Vice Chancellor at Pembroke, from 1820–1824.
He was rector of Taynton, Gloucestershire and canon of Gloucester from 1810 until his death in 1843.
