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John Shute Duncan
John Shute Duncan LLD (19 December 1768 – 1844) was an English academic, writer, and museum curator. He was Keeper (head) of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.[1] LifeJohn Duncan was born in 1768 at South Warnborough, Hampshire, England, the eldest son of John Duncan DD, rector of South Warnborough.[2] He was educated at Winchester College and at New College, Oxford, of which he became a Fellow in 1791.[3] He was awarded a BA degree in 1791 and later an LLD degree.[4] In 1823, John Duncan was appointed Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He was succeeded by his younger brother Philip Bury Duncan in 1826. His time at the Ashmolean Museum saw the start of significant changes in the natural history displays, based on "natural theology", as propounded by William Paley (1743–1805), the Archdeacon of Carlisle.[5] Selected works  John Shute Duncan wrote the following:[6]
LegacyA painting of John Shute Shute by Thomas Kirby (1775–c.1848) is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum.[3] The Bodleian Library archives include a memorial of the life and character of John Shute Duncan by his brother Philip Bury Duncan.[7] The Magdalen College archives include letters from John Shute Duncan and his younger brother Philip Bury Duncan.[8] References
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