Why is the head of a university called a Vice-Chancellor?

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Why aren’t they called “Chancellor” instead?

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The Chancellor, in UK universities at least, is often some figurehead; a minor royal or other aristocrat. (The big universities sometimes have major royals.) These people do the pomp and circumstance but have no real dealing with university business.

That business is dealt with by the Vice Chancellor who acts as the head of the university in their place.

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