New College, Oxford
College name	New College of St Mary
	Collegium Novum Oxoniensis/Collegium Sanctae Mariae Wintoniae
Named after	Mary, mother of Jesus
Established	1379
Sister College	King's College
Warden	Prof. Alan Ryan
JCR President	Lewis Iwu
Undergraduates	420
MCR President	Alex O'Reilly
Graduates	180
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Holywell Street, New College, Oxford.

The old quad of New College, Oxford.

Gate leading to the gardens of New College, Oxford.

Chapel of New College, Oxford.

Inside the chapel of New College, Oxford.

New College Lane, Oxford.

Old college and city wall of New College, Oxford.

New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary," or simply "New College." One of the most famous of the Oxford colleges, it stands along Holywell Street and New College Lane (known for Oxford's Bridge of Sighs), next to All Souls College and The Queen's College. It is one of the wealthier colleges, with an estimated financial endowment of £71m (2003, although due to a recent land sale, this figure will rise to £125m in 2007). New College, Oxford University. ... According to the New Testament, Mary (Judeo-Aramaic מרים Maryām Bitter; Arabic مريم (Maryam); Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Geez: ማሪያም, Māryām; Syriac: Mart, Maryam, Madonna), was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, who at the time of his conception was the betrothed wife of Saint Joseph (cf. ... 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History

Despite its name, New College is one of the oldest of the Oxford colleges, having originally been founded in 1379. The second college in Oxford to be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was founded by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. It was founded in conjunction with the famous Winchester College, which was envisaged as a feeder to the Oxford college, and the two institutions have striking architectural similarities, both were the work of master mason William Wynford. Both Winchester College and New College were originally established for the education of priests, there being a shortage of properly educated clergy after the Black Death. William of Wykeham (1320 – September 27, 1404), Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle, was born in Wickham, Hampshire. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close Arms of Winchester City Council Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,000. ... Winchester College is a well-known boys independent school, and an example of a British public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England. ... William Wynford (flourished 1360-1405)[1] was one of the most successful English master masons of the 14th century, using the new Perpendicular Gothic style. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ...

As well as being the first Oxford college for undergraduates and the first to have Senior members of the college give tutorials, New College was the first college in Oxford to centre on a main quadrangle, with student rooms, a dining hall, a library, and study rooms within the square ring of buildings and gates. The quadrangle design inspired many of the later colleges, perhaps most strangely St Catherine's College, Oxford because Arne Jacobsen was an ardent admirer of "the Oval", or oval-shaped lawn in the old quad. (New College's quadrangle is not the first in Oxford, however, merely the first to contain all of the above elements; the first quadrangle was Merton's Mob Quad. Merton's dining hall, though, is in a connecting building outside the quad, as is its chapel.) At the time of its founding, New College had the grandest collection of buildings for a college in Oxford, a testament to Wykeham's experience in administering both ecclesiastical and civil institutions as the Bishop of Winchester and High Chancellor of England. quadrangle is a good name for a mathlete team. ... Full name St Catherines College Motto Nova et Vetera The New and the Old Named after Previous names St. ... Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, as seen from the west. ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Peterhouse Warden Prof. ...

The New College grounds are among the largest and most beautiful in Oxford. The Cloisters and the Chapel are of particular note, as is the old City Wall (around which the College is built); much of the mediæval stained glass in the antechapel has recently been restored. The gardens are equally impressive and include the decorative Mound (which originally had steps, but is now smooth with one set of stairs). The bell tower contains one of the oldest rings of ten bells, which is rung by the Oxford Society of Change Ringers and the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers. The college is also in possession of a respectable collection of silver (including the mediæval silver gilt Founder's Crozier, housed in a display case in the chapel), and two notable "unicorn horns" (in fact narwhal tusks). A ring of bells (or peal of bells) is a complete set of bells, hung in a circle – usually in a tower – for change ringing. ... The Oxford Society of Change Ringers, established in 1734, is a society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford. ... The Oxford University Society of Change Ringers is the official society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford University. ... The unicorn (from Latin unus one and cornus horn) is a mythical beast. ... Binomial name Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 Narwhal range The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is an Arctic species of cetacean. ...

In addition to its academic reputation and its impressive set of buildings, New College is internationally renowned for its chapel choir. As part of the original College statutes, William of Wykeham provided for a choral foundation of lay and academical clerks, with boy choristers to sing mass and the daily offices. It is a tradition that continues today with the choral services of evensong and eucharist during term. In addition to its choral duties in the chapel, the choir has established a reputation as one of the finest Anglican choirs in the world through its many recordings and concert tours. The chapel organ was built by the firm of Grant, Degens, and Bradbeer in 1969, in a case designed by George Pace; somewhat revolutionary at the time, the instrument remains no less remarkable and idiosyncratic today.

Motto

The College's motto, created by William of Wykeham, is 'Manners Makyth Man'. The motto was in many respects fairly revolutionary. Firstly, it was written in English, rather than Latin, which makes it very unusual in Oxford, and is especially revolutionary considering the College's age; even St Catherine's College, founded in 1965, has a Latin motto ("Nova et Vetera": "the new and the old"). A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... William of Wykeham (1320 – September 27, 1404), Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle, was born in Wickham, Hampshire. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... St Catherines College or St Catharines College could be In the United Kingdom: St Catherines College, Oxford St Catharines College, Cambridge In the United States of America The College of St Catherine, Minnesota In the Republic of Ireland St Catherines College Armagh, a Catholic High...

Secondly, the motto makes a social statement. While it might initially seem to be suggesting that it is beneficial to have good manners, this does not really capture its full scope. What it really means is that it is not by birth, money, or property that an individual is defined, but in how he (or she) behaves towards other people.

Notable former students

• John Astor
• Waldorf Astor
• Kate Beckinsale (although she left to pursue her film career before graduation)
• Tony Benn
• Richard Bracewell
• Gyles Brandreth
• Peter Robert Lamont Brown
• Henry Chichele
• G.A. Cohen
• Angus Deayton
• John Farthing
• John Fowles
• Hugh Gaitskell
• Patrick Gale
• John Galsworthy
• Robert P. George
• Victor Gollancz
• Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley
• Hugh Grant
• J. B. S. Haldane
• H. L. A. Hart
• Peter Hobbs
• Harold Laski
• Dambudzo Marechera
• Charles McCreery
• Rageh Omaar
• Dennis Potter
• Nigel Rees
• Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry
• Neil Rudenstine
• Jonathan Sacks
• Paul Seabright
• Tim Sebastian
• Rick Stein
• Adam Thirlwell
• Julian Turner
• William Warham
• Robert Penn Warren
• William Waynflete (though the validity of this claim is doubtful – see his page for further discussion)
• John Edgar Wideman

See also Former students of New College

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Academics/teachers

• Michael Atiyah
• A. J. Ayer
• Isaiah Berlin
• Alan Bullock
• Paul Campbell
• David Cecil
• Richard Crossman
• Richard Dawkins
• Robin Lane Fox
• W. D. Hamilton
• G. H. Hardy
• H.L.A. Hart
• Nigel Hitchin
• Willis Lamb
• Hermione Lee
• Craig Raine
• Jane Shaw
• Joe Silk
• William Archibald Spooner

See also Fellows of New College.

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Trivia

• Amongst the many art treasures at New College are El Greco's painting of St James and Jacob Epstein's statue of "Lazarus Rising from the Dead".
• During the summer of 2004, it was used as one of the main locations for the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
• Was used in the film Tomorrow Never Dies, when James Bond is at Oxford studying languages. Also, what in the film is called the Swedish Embassy is in reality one of the Holywell Buildings of New College.

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