Thomas Loveday (university administrator)

Thomas Tudor Loveday (15 August 1875[1] – 4 March 1966) was an English academic who was Principal of Southampton University College (1920–22) and later Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol (1922-1944).[2][3]

Thomas Loveday
Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol
In office 1922 – 1944
Preceded by	E F Francis
Succeeded by	Professor Arthur Mannering Tyndall FRS
Principal of Southampton University College
In office 1920 – 1922
Preceded by	Alexander Hill
Succeeded by	Kenneth Hotham Vickers
Personal details
Born	Thomas Tudor Loveday 15 August 1875 Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England
Died	4 March 1966 (aged 90) Williamscot, Oxfordshire, England
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Mildred Fowle ​ (died 1958)​
Relations	John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott (great-grandfather) John Loveday (great-great-grandfather)
Children	2
Education	Fettes College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford (MA)
Occupation	Academic

Early life

Loveday was born in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, the son of John Edward Taylor Loveday, a landowner, and Margaret Cheape of Scotland, the granddaughter of John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott. His great-great-grandfather was the antiquary John Loveday. He was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and later attended Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained an MA.[2] He won the John Locke Scholarship in 1900, and worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the University College of Bangor.[3]

In December 1901, he was elected to a Senior Demyship in Magdalen College.[4]

Career

He had been Professor of Philosophy at what was then the South African College in Cape Town, South Africa. He was later at Armstrong College then part of the University of Durham.[5] He took up his position at Southampton at Easter 1920 and emphasized the importance of better buildings for the college. During his short time at Southampton two more halls of residence were built, one for men and one for women.[5] He was Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals[6] from 1935–1938, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Universities Bureau from 1943–45 and various other committees.[2]

Personal life

He married Mildred Fowle (died 1958) and they had two daughters. He died in Williamscot, near Banbury, Oxfordshire.[2]

See also

• List of University of Southampton people

References

1. 1939 England and Wales Register
2. LOVEDAY, Thomas, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 20 Aug 2013
3. "Mr. Thomas Loveday". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 5 March 1966. p. 10.
4. "University intelligence - The Governor of Victoria". The Times (36636). London. 12 December 1901. p. 6.
5. Temple Patterson, Alfred (1962), The University of Southampton, a Centenary History, University of Southampton
6. Universities UK - list of Presidents, accessed 20 August 2013

External links

• Works by or about Thomas Loveday at Internet Archive
• Works by Thomas Loveday at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)