Robert Say

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Robert Say D.D. (died 24 November 1691) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

Elected Provost (head) of Oriel College, Oxford on 23 March 1653, he held the post until his death in 1691.{{cite book|editor=Salter, H. E. |editor2=Lobel, Mary D. | title=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford | publisher=Victoria County History | year=1954 | pages=119–131 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63876 |chapter=Oriel College and St. Mary Hall | access-date=July 22, 2011}} While Provost, Say was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1664 until 1666.{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/|title=Previous Vice-Chancellors | publisher=University of Oxford, UK|access-date=July 22, 2011}}{{cite book | title=The Oxford University Calendar |publisher=University of Oxford | year=1817|pages=27–28 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7kUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA27|chapter=Vice-Chancellors from the year 1660 | access-date=July 22, 2011}}

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| title=Provost of Oriel College, Oxford

| years=1653–1691

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| after=George Royse

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| title=Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University

| years=1664–1666

| before=Walter Blandford

| after=John Fell

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Category:Provosts of Oriel College, Oxford

Category:Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford

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