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'''William Thornton''' (d.1707) was Principal of [[Hart Hall]], later [[Hertford College, Oxford]], from 1688 until his death in 1707.
==Background==
William Thornton was the son of William Thornton of [[Milborne Port]] in [[Somerset]]. He was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]],<ref></ref> and [[Wadham College, Oxford]] of which he became a Fellow in 1667 and Sub-Warden in 1676.
==Hart Hall==
As Principal of Hart Hall, later [[Hertford College, Oxford]], from 1688-1707, Dr Thornton undertook extensive schemes of building with insufficient means. He built a monumental gateway in Catte St, in the classical style and framed by two Doric pilasters carrying an entablature decorated with a device of a drinking stag. The doors which hung in it have been rehung in the modern gateway of Hertford College. Above the gateway and porter's lodge he built a large room as a library, helped by a benefaction from Emmanuel Pritchard, Janitor of the Bodleian Library and a former member of the hall. Dr Hudson, Bodley's Librarian, also contributed, but Dr Thornton fell heavily into debt which was outstanding until it was paid by Dr Richard Newton, who became Principal in 1710, after Dr Thomas Smith had been for three years an ineffective successor to Thornton. <ref name=historyofparliament></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1707 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford]]
[[Category:People from West Somerset (district)]]
[[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
[[Category:People from Somerset]]
'''William Thornton''' (d.1707) was Principal of [[Hart Hall]], later [[Hertford College, Oxford]], from 1688 until his death in 1707.
==Background==
William Thornton was the son of William Thornton of [[Milborne Port]] in [[Somerset]]. He was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]],<ref></ref> and [[Wadham College, Oxford]] of which he became a Fellow in 1667 and Sub-Warden in 1676.
==Hart Hall==
As Principal of Hart Hall, later [[Hertford College, Oxford]], from 1688-1707, Dr Thornton undertook extensive schemes of building with insufficient means. He built a monumental gateway in Catte St, in the classical style and framed by two Doric pilasters carrying an entablature decorated with a device of a drinking stag. The doors which hung in it have been rehung in the modern gateway of Hertford College. Above the gateway and porter's lodge he built a large room as a library, helped by a benefaction from Emmanuel Pritchard, Janitor of the Bodleian Library and a former member of the hall. Dr Hudson, Bodley's Librarian, also contributed, but Dr Thornton fell heavily into debt which was outstanding until it was paid by Dr Richard Newton, who became Principal in 1710, after Dr Thomas Smith had been for three years an ineffective successor to Thornton. <ref name=historyofparliament></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1707 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford]]
[[Category:People from West Somerset (district)]]
[[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
[[Category:People from Somerset]]
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