Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), Fellow (1550)

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Called ‘the Apostle of the North’, Gilpin was born in Westmoreland. He was a Fellow of Queen’s in 1542. He denounced despoliation of church property in a sermon before Edward VI in 1552. He was Archdeacon of Durham and was denounced for heresy. He gained Provostship of Queen’s in 1560, founded a grammar school at Houghton, and supported some of the scholars at his own cost.

The Queen's College, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), Fellow (1550)

Date

early 17th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 73 x W 59.2 cm

Accession number

13

Acquisition method

bequeathed by N. Gilpin, 1914

Work type

Painting

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