Simon de Bovill was an English medieval friar and university chancellor. [1]
Brother Simon de Bovill was a Prior of the Preaching Friars in Oxford. [2] Between 1238–9 and 1244–6, Simon de Bovill was twice Chancellor of Oxford University.
John Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, Catholic priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford. He became an influential dissident within the Catholic priesthood during the 14th century and is considered an important predecessor to Protestantism. Wycliffe questioned the privileged status of the clergy, who had bolstered their powerful role in England, and the luxury and pomp of local parishes and their ceremonies.
Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.
Judar Pasha was a Spanish-Moroccan military leader under the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur in the late 16th century. He led the Saadian army in the conquest of the Songhai Empire.
Sewal de Bovil was a medieval Archbishop of York.
Richard FitzRalph was a scholastic philosopher, theologian, and Norman Irish Archbishop of Armagh during the 14th century. His thought exerted a significant influence on John Wycliffe's.
Events from the year 1260 in Ireland.
Simon of Faversham was an English medieval scholastic philosopher and later a university chancellor.
Ralph of Maidstone was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.
Simon of Ghent was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury in England.
Events from the year 1332 in Ireland.
John Lutterell was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and university chancellor.
Richard Roderham was a medieval churchman and university Vice-Chancellor and Chancellor.
Robert Colman DD was an English medieval Franciscan friar and university Chancellor.
William de Hawkesworth was an English medieval college head and university chancellor.
William de Bosco was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university chancellor.
Walter Burdun was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university chancellor.
Hervey de Saham was an English medieval Canon law jurist and university chancellor.
Events from the year 1605 in Ireland.
Frederick Bovill was an operatic baritone of the late Victorian era. In his short career, he created the roles of Pish-Tush in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera hit The Mikado (1885) and the Squire in Sullivan's romantic opera Ivanhoe (1891). From 1887 to 1889 Bovill toured the British provinces with J. W. Turner's English Opera Company
John Kynton was an English 16th-century Franciscan friar, divinity professor, and a vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.