Thomas Gascoigne (academic)
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Thomas Gascoigne was a theologian and academic administrator. He was twice Vice-Chancellor and twice Chancellor
of Oxford University.
Gascoigne compiled his magnum opus, Dictionarium Theologicum (or Liber de Veritatibus), between c. 1434 and his death in 1458. In this, he reported the story of Chaucer's deathbed repentance for his literary sins.
Chancellor
Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
of Oxford University.
Gascoigne compiled his magnum opus, Dictionarium Theologicum (or Liber de Veritatibus), between c. 1434 and his death in 1458. In this, he reported the story of Chaucer's deathbed repentance for his literary sins.