Kenneth Hotham Vickers
University administrator
Kenneth Hotham Vickers (11 May 1881 – 5 September 1958) was an English historian and university administrator. From 1922–1946 he was Principal of Southampton University College which became the University of Southampton in 1952.
Early life
He was born at Naburn, near York, where his father, the Revd Randall William Vickers, was then vicar. He was youngest of a family of four, with a brother and two sisters. He attended Oundle School in Northamptonshire but aged 15 contracted polio and was left with a weak arm and leg. He won a scholarship in history to Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1904.
Career
From 1905-1908 he lectured in History at University College, Bristol. From 1907–09 he lectured in history for the London County Council and was a tutor for the University of London from 1908-1913. He became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1909. In 1913 he became Professor of Modern History at Armstrong College a college of the University of Durham which was based in Newcastle and now part of Newcastle University.
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