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Robert Colman DD (or Coleman, died 1428) was an English medieval Franciscan friar and university Chancellor.

Colman received his Doctor of Divinity from Oxford University. [1] He was at the Franciscan monastery in Norwich. [2] Among other works, he wrote Sermons, Sacred Lessons, and A Book of Sundry Poems. [1] He was known for his "eloquence, erudition, wit, and judgment". [3]

Colman was Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1419. [4] He resigned from the position in the same year and died in 1428. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Stevens, John (1722). "A Catalogue of Writers of the Order of the Friers—Minors". The History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches. Internet Archive. p.  103.
  2. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxoniensis". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p.  41.
  3. Pechell, John (1773). "Robert Coleman". The History of the University of Oxford: from the death of William the Conqueror, to the demise of Queen Elizabeth. p. 150.
  4. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford . Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN   0-333-39917-X.
  5. Parkinson, Anthony (1726). "The Antiquities of the English Franciscans". Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica. Internet Archive. p.  195.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1419
Succeeded by