Robert Colman

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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 friary 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]

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.
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1419		Succeeded by


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