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Degory or Diagory WHEARE 1573-1647

Biographical Note

Born at Jacobstow, Cornwall. BA Broadgates Hall, Oxford 1597, MA 1600, fellow of Exeter College 1602-08. He travelled in Europe with Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos and after leaving his household in 1621 he moved to Gloucester Hall, Oxford, where he became principal in 1626; in 1623, he had become the first Camden Professor of History at Oxford.

Books

Some of Wheare's books were bought by the Bodleian Library after his death.

Sources

Macray, W. D. Annals of the Bodleian Library. 2nd edn, Oxford, 1890, 107.
Salmon, J. H. M. "Wheare, Diagory [Degory] (1573–1647), historian." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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-Born at [[location::Jacobstow, Cornwall]].  BA [[education::Broadgates Hall, Oxford]] 1597, MA 1600, [[occupation::fellow of Exeter College, Oxford|fellow of Exeter College]] 1602-08. He travelled in [[location::Europe]] with [[associates::Grey Brydges]], 5th Baron Chandos and after leaving his household in 1621 he moved to [[organisations::Gloucester Hall, Oxford]], where he became [[occupation::principal]] in 1626; in 1623, he had become the first [[occupation::Camden Professor]] of History at [[organisations::The University of Oxford|Oxford]].
+Born at [[location::Jacobstow, Cornwall]].  BA [[education::Broadgates Hall, Oxford]] 1597, MA 1600, [[occupation::fellow of Exeter College, Oxford|fellow of Exeter College]] 1602-08. He travelled in [[location::Europe]] with [[associates::Grey Brydges]], 5th Baron Chandos and after leaving his household in 1621 he moved to [[organisations::Gloucester Hall, Oxford]], where he became [[occupation::principal]] in 1626; in 1623, he had become the first [[occupation::Camden Professor]] of History at [[organisations:: University of Oxford|Oxford]].
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