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Sir Francis James Wylie (18 October 1865 – 29 October 1952) was a British university academic and administrator. He was the first Warden of Rhodes House at Oxford University, England.〔(Wylie, Sir Francis James (1865–1952) Knight Warden of Rhodes House ), National Register of Archives, UK.〕〔C. K. Allen, (Wylie, Sir Francis James (1865–1952) ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. .〕 Francis Wylie was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, the University of Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he received a first class degree in ''Literae Humaniores'' in 1888.〔 He became a lecturer at Balliol College in 1891 and a Fellow of Brasenose College in 1892.〔Frances Amicia de Biden Footner, (Portrait of Sir Francis James Wylie ), (Art of the Print ).〕 His research was in the area of English literature. He was coauthor of the book, ''The Poetry of Matthew Arnold; A Commentary''. Wylie was supervisor of the Rhodes Trust scheme at Oxford University and became Warden of Rhodes House in Oxford from 1903 to 1931.〔(History ), Rhodes House Trust, Oxford, UK.〕 He presented the Einstein blackboard in the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford (saved by the University don E. J. Bowen on 16 May 1931) after Albert Einstein's series of three lectures at Rhodes House that year.〔(Blackboard used by Albert Einstein, Oxford, 1931 ), Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK.〕 〔(Einstein' s Blackboard ), Flickr.〕 He was knighted in 1929 and became an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College in 1931.〔 In 1933, Wylie received an honorary degree from Bowdoin College in the USA.〔 Wylie's fourth son, born in Oxford, was Shaun Wylie (1913–2009), a mathematician who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II.〔(Deaths ), Rhodes House Trust, Oxford, UK.〕 A portrait of Sir Francis Wylie hangs in Rhodes House, Oxford, and there are images of him held by the National Portrait Gallery, London.〔http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/37048 http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp79446/sir-francis-james-wylie〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis James Wylie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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