# John David Mabbott

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British academic (1898–1988)

**John David Mabbott** ([Duns](/source/Duns%2C_Scottish_Borders), 18 November 1898 – [Islip, Oxfordshire](/source/Islip%2C_Oxfordshire), 26 January 1988)[1] was a British academic who worked as the [president of St John's College, Oxford](/source/President_of_St_John's_College%2C_Oxford), from 1963[2] to 1969.[3]

## Education

Mabbott was educated at [Berwickshire High School](/source/Berwickshire_High_School),[4] the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), and St John's.[5]

## Career

Mabbott was a [lecturer](/source/Lecturer) in [classics](/source/Classics) at the [University of Reading](/source/University_of_Reading) from 1922 to 1923; and then a [Lecturer](/source/Lecturer) at the [University College of North Wales](/source/University_College_of_North_Wales) from 1923 to 1924.[6] He was [fellow](/source/Fellow) of St John's from 1924 to 1963;[7] [tutor](/source/Tutor) from 1930 to 1956;[8] and [senior tutor](/source/Tutor) from 1956 to 1963.[9] He wrote: 'The State and the Citizen', 1948; 'An Introduction to Ethics', 1966; 'John Locke', 1973; and 'Oxford Memories', 1986.[10]

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Mabbott was commissioned by the [Foreign Office](/source/Foreign%2C_Commonwealth_and_Development_Office) to produce reports on popular transfers after the war, in particular the feasibility of forcible expulsion of ethnic Germans from Poland and Czechoslovakia.[11]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Mr. John Mabbott". *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. No. 62989. 28 January 1988. p. 18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "St. John's, Oxford, To Have New Head". *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. No. 55609. 26 January 1963. p. 6.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Isaiah Berlin](/source/Isaiah_Berlin): Berlin, Isaiah (2004). [*Letters, 1928-1946*](https://archive.org/details/letters192819460000berl). Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-83368-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-83368-4)., Volume 1 [Berlin, I](/source/Isaiah_Berlin)/ [Hardy, H](/source/Henry_Hardy) (Ed) p,511 fn,4 : Cambridge; CUP; 2004 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-83368-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-83368-X)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Pike, Jon "MABBOTT, John David" in *Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers* (ed.) Stuart Brown *et al*, Bristol; [Thoemmes Continuum](/source/Thoemmes_Continuum), (2005) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-84371-096-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84371-096-X) reprinted in *The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy* (2006) [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/acref/9780199754694.001.0001](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facref%2F9780199754694.001.0001)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Anon (2020). ["Mabbott, John David"](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U166584). *[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))*. A & C Black. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fww%2F9780199540884.013). (Subscription or [UK public library membership](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/page/subscribe#public) required.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** 'University News' *[The Times](/source/The_Times)* Thursday, 24 Apr. 1924 Issue 43634 p.8

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Simpson, A.W.B](/source/A._W._B._Simpson) (2001). [*Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention*](https://archive.org/details/humanrightsendof00simp). Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-826289-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-826289-3). p.210, fn.223 Oxford; OUP; 2001 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-826289-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-826289-2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [TW, St John's Magazine, May 2017](https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/sjc.prod/documents/1413-St_Johns-TW_mag-2016_10W1.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "[Mabbott, John David](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Mabbott,_John_David)". *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1885–1900.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [British Library](/source/British_Library) website accessed 10:38 [GMT](/source/GMT) Thursday 7 May 2020

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Frank, Matthew James (2007). [*Expelling the Germans : British opinion and post-1945 population transfer in context*](https://archive.org/details/expellinggermans0000fran). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-923364-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-923364-9). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [173502785](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/173502785).

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