Arthur Norrington

In 1919, he matriculated as a scholar to Trinity College, Oxford, achieving a first class in classical Honour Moderations in 1920, followed by a second in Literae Humaniores in 1923.

Norrington was a keen musician and contributed a great deal to the Press' music publishing as well as being a member of the Oxford Bach Choir, he became chairman of its committee in 1949.

In 1960, Norrington became Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and proceeded to spend time looking at the status of dons who were not fellows of colleges, and to the future planning of the Science Area.

[3] First published in 2016, this table ranked the best and worst colleges in Oxford for their vegetarian and vegan food, using data provided by students of the University.

Edith died at an early age in 1964 and on 9 December 1969 Norrington married a widow, Ruth Margaret Waterlow (née Cude).

The 10,000 square feet (930 m 2 ) underground Norrington Room in Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford contains more than 160,000 books on over three miles of shelving.