James Ingram (academic)


James Ingram was an English academic at the University of Oxford, who was Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1803 to 1808 and President of Trinity College, Oxford from 1824 until his death.

Early life and education

Ingram was born on 21 December 1774 in the Wiltshire village of Codford St Mary. He was educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School and Winchester College before studying at Trinity College, Oxford. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1796, promoted by seniority in 1800 to Master of Arts, and in 1808 graduated as a Bachelor of Divinity.

Career

Ingram taught at Winchester from 1799 to 1803, when he became a Fellow and tutor at Trinity College. He was Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Keeper of the Archives, and rector of Rotherfield Greys in Oxfordshire before being appointed President of Trinity College in 1824. As President, he was also rector of Garsington, a village south of Oxford.
His academic interests in Anglo-Saxon and archaeology meant that he had little time to attend to the business of the College or University. His publications included an edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, an edition of Quintilian and Memorials of Oxford with 100 illustrations by John Le Keux. He died at Trinity College on 4 September 1850, and left his books, pictures and coins to the College and Oxford University.

Selected publications