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Henry Alvey

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Henry Alvey
3rd Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
In office
1 August 1601 – 14 June 1609
Preceded byWalter Travers
Succeeded byWilliam Temple
President of St John's College, Cambridge
In office
11 July 1590 – 30 July 1601
Preceded byCharles King
Succeeded byHenry Aston
Personal details
Born(1550-04-28)28 April 1550
York, England
Died11 March 1627(1627-03-11) (aged 76)
Kildare, Ireland
Resting placeTrinity College Chapel
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1576; M.A., 1579; B.D., 1586)

Henry Alvey (28 April 1550 - 11 March 1627) was an English Anglican bishop who served as the 3rd Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and President of St John's College, Cambridge from 1590 to 1601.

Alvey gained his B.A. degree at St John's College, Cambridge in 1575/6, his M.A. in 1579, and his B.D. in 1586. He was elected a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge in 1577, and became President of the College in 1590. In 1601, he relocated to Ireland, where he became Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. He returned to Cambridge in 1609.[1][2] An outbreak of plague in June 1604 caused a temporary closure of the College, and again he retired to England until June 1605. Alvey was a conscientious Puritan who kept meticulous accounts. Though Provost for eight years, he resided for not much over five, and left little or no mark on Trinity. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1609 to 1612.[3]

To St. John's College, Alvey bequeathed a number of his own books as well as 100 marks for purchasing books.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Henry Alvey (d. 1627). St John's College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ Henry Alvey. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ Former Pro-Chancellors 1609 - Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Henry Alvey d.1627 - Book Owners Online". www.bookowners.online. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
Academic offices
Preceded by Provost of Trinity College Dublin
1601–1609
Succeeded by