Maurice Platnauer
Maurice Platnauer (18 June 1887; 19 December 1974)[1] was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1956[2] to 1960.[3]
Platnauer was educated at Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford. A classicist, he was a master at Winchester College from 1910 to 1915; and from 1919 to 1922: during [[World War One he was an officer with the Royal Garrison Artillery.[4] in 1922 he became a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. He was Vice-Principal of Brasenose from 1936 to 1956; and Editor of the Classical Quarterly from 1936 to 1947; and an Honorary Fellow of New College from 1957. [5]
Notes
- 'Deaths' The Times Saturday, Dec. 21, 1974 Issue 59276 p.20
- 'New Principal Of Brasenose' The Times Friday, Aug. 3, 1956 Issue 53600 p.10
- Brazen News Issue 7, Michelmas Term 2013
- London Gazette 26 August 1915
- "Platnauer, Maurice". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 19 May 2020. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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| Preceded by Hugh Last |
Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford 1956–1960 |
Succeeded by Noel Frederick Hall |
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