Education
Medd was educated at King"s College London and at University College, Oxford (although he matriculated at the University of Oxford, aged 18 on 1 March 1848, as a member of Street John"s College).
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He obtained his Bachelor degree in 1852 and was appointed as a Fellow of University College in the same year, holding this position until. He served the college as tutor, dean, librarian, and bursar. He died in North Cerney after "a long and painful illness" on 25 July 1908.
His publications included a book of sermons and an edition of the manuscript of the Greek and Latin Devotions of Lancelot Andrewes.
His obituary in The Times described him as "an undoubted authority" upon "all liturgical matters", whose opinion was "frequently sought" by bishops in England and the United States. His Bampton Lectures in 1882, it said, were "distinguished by great learning and an unusual wealth of illustration", although their "style and condensed character prevented them from ever becoming popular".
Membership
He was a long-serving member of the Council of Keble College, Oxford, having played an active part in the college"s foundation. Apart from ecclesiastical matters, he was interested in the promotion of education of women, and was a member of the council of Cheltenham Ladies" College as the representative of Oxford University.
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United Kingdom of Great Bri