Henry Richards (March 1747 – 19 December 1807) was a priest and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
Richards was born in Tawstock, a village in north Devon, southwest England.
[1] He was educated at Barnstable School and Exeter College, Oxford from Michaelmas Term 1763, where he gained a BA degree.
He was awarded a Master of Arts degree on 29 April 1770 and a Bachelor of Divinity on 9 November 1781.
On 23 July 1797, he was elected Rector (head) of Exeter College, a post he held until his death on 19 December 1807.