| St Catherine's College | | Established | Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in...
1963 | | Most of the colleges of the University of Oxford have sister colleges in the University of Cambridge (and vice versa). The extent of the arrangement differs from case to case, but commonly includes the right to invitations to May balls, the right to dine or book accommodation, etc. See also...
Sister College | Full name Robinson College Motto - Named after Sir David Robinson Previous names - Established 1979 Sister College St Catherines College Warden David Yates Location Grange Road Undergraduates 390 Graduates 96 Homepage Boatclub Robinson College is one of the colleges making up the University of Cambridge. It was founded as the...
Robinson College | | Master | Prof. Roger Ainsworth | | Graduates | 160 | | Undergraduates | 450 | | Visiting Students | 50 | St Catherine's College is one of the constituent colleges of the The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two...
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United Kingdom. Familiarly known as "Catz", the college's modern architecture by Arne Jacobsen ( February 11, 1902 – March 24, 1971) was a Danish architect and designer. Among his architectural achievements are St Catherines College, Oxford, work at Merton College, Oxford, the SAS Hotel, Copenhagen, the Danish National Bank building in Copenhagen, as well as a number of town halls and...
Arne Jacobsen reflects the date of its foundation, and it is a Grade I Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. In the United Kingdom the term listed building refers to a building or other structure held to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. A listed building may not be demolished, extended or altered without special permission being granted by the local...
listed building.
History
The college was founded in 1962 by Lord Bullock Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock of Leafield (December 13, 1914 - February 2, 2004), British historian, was the author of an influential biography of Adolf Hitler and many other works. Bullock was born near Bath in Wiltshire, England, where his father worked as a gardener and a Unitarian...
Alan Bullock, out of the former St Catherine's Society for unattached undergraduates. In 1974, it became one of the first five co-educational colleges in the university.
St Catz is situated towards the East of Oxford, on the bank of the The River Cherwell is a river which flows through the midlands of England. It is a major tributary of the River Thames. The general course of the River Cherwell is north to south and the straight-line distance from its source to the Thames is about 40 miles. It flows...
Cherwell river.
In 2001 the college announced its intention to build sufficient housing so that any student who wishes to live in college (rather than elsewhere in Oxford) will be able to do so for the entire duration of their course. This has resulted in 6 new staircases being constructed (in addition to the original 16 and a further 3 from an earlier expansion) during the course of 2004.
Notable former students - John Birt, Baron Birt (born 10 December 1944), served as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1992 to 2000, having previously been deputy director-general since 1987. He also served as the Director of Programmes at London Weekend Television between 1982 and 1987. Sir John was...
John Birt - Former Director-General of the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. (For the history of the BBC before 1927, see British Broadcasting Company and for a complete list of articles see BBC (index).) Today the BBC is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of...
BBC.
- Sir John Cornforth - 1975 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
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Catch-22.
- Peter Mandelson The Rt Hon Peter Benjamin Mandelson (born October 21, 1953) is a British Labour politician, and former Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, who is currently European Commissioner for Trade. He is widely regarded as one of the key architects of the repositioning of the Labour Party and its...
Peter Mandelson - Architect of " New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. The name is primarily used by the party itself in its literature but is also sometimes used by political commentators and the wider media. The rise of the name coincided with a shift towards the centre (from the...
New Labour" and twice a UK In British politics, the Cabinet is comprised of the most senior government ministers, most of them heads of government departments with the title Secretary of State. The Cabinet is actually a committee of the Privy Council and all Cabinet members are also Privy Councillors and therefore have the prefix of...
Cabinet minister.
- Tom Phillips - Artist and This article refers to an art institution in London. For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation). Royal Academy The Royal Academy is an art institution based in London. History The Royal Academy was formed to rival the Society of Artists after an unseemly leadership dispute between two...
Royal Academician.
- Sir Matthew Pinsent (born October 10, 1970) is a British rowing champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist. Pinsent was born in Holt, Norfolk, England, and began rowing at Eton College. He began his international career at the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987. He raced again in 1988, winning...
Matthew Pinsent - Quadruple Olympic gold medallist in rowing.
- Sir John Vane - 1992 Nobel Laureate in Medicine.
- The name John Walker can refer to: John Walker (inventor), inventor of the friction match, in 1827 John Walker (programmer), one of the designers of AutoCAD John Walker (runner), winner of the Olympic Games 1500m in 1976 John Walker (painter), nominee for the Turner Prize in 1985 John Walker (Birmingham...
John Walker - 1997 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
- Jeanette Winterson (born August 27, 1959) is a British novelist. Born in Manchester, Winterson was educated at St Catherines College, Oxford. Wintersons first novel was Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, written about her childhood (although she does not refer to it as wholly autobiographical), being raised by...
Jeanette Winterson - British author; Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.
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Worcester
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Permanent Private Halls at the The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two...
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