Letter 2362

Charlett relays that a successor has been chosen for the late Dr Hadson. Mr Bontes, a Fellow of Oriel College, was elected as his replacement for his ‘Youth Health and Experience’. Charlett praises Robert Keck and tells Sloane of a statue put up in honour of Dr Radcliffe. The sculpture was made by Mr Bird. Mr Isted might want to see it. Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, Charlett, Arthur (16551722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 1 June 2011]).