Richard Harris (college principal)
Richard Harris was an academic at the University of Oxford and clergyman in the sixteenth century.Life
Harris, from Herefordshire, obtained his B.A. degree from Oxford University on 3 November 1558 and his M.A. degree on 26 June 1562. He was appointed rector of Kentchurch, Herefordshire in 1571 and became a canon of Hereford Cathedral in 1575. He was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1573/4 to 1595. During this time, he was appointed by the royal charter of 1589 as one of the Commissioners to draw up statutes for Jesus College, Oxford.
