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St John's College
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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 Sidney Sussex College Motto Dieu me garde de calomnie God preserve me from calumny Named after Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex Previous names - Established 1596 Sister College St Johns College Master Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson Location Sidney Street Undergraduates 338 Graduates 181 Homepage Boatclub Sidney Sussex... Sidney Sussex College
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St John'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... University of Oxford in the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom. It was founded by Sir Thomas White, a merchant, in 1555, and his heart is buried in the chapel. White was Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company, and established a number of educational foundations including the Merchant Taylors' schools. Although the College was closely linked to those institutions for many centuries, it became a more open society in the later 19th century. The endowments which St John's was given at its foundation, and during the 20 or so years afterward, served it very well. In the second half of the nineteenth century it benefited, as ground landlord, from the suburban development of the city of Oxford and was unusual among Colleges for the size and extent of its property within the city.

Although primarily a producer of Anglican clergymen in the earlier periods of its history, St John's also gained a reputation for both law and medicine. Fellows and alumni have included Archbishop Laud, Jane Austen's father and brothers, the early Fabian intellectual Sidney Ball, who was very influential in the creation of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA), and Abdul Rasul, one of the first Bengalis to gain the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford.

The site was formerly the Cistercian monastery of St Bernard. Fairly large, it comprises approximately 400 undergraduates and 250 postgraduates and academic staff, and is the wealthiest college in Oxford. The college stands on St Giles, which it owns, and is close to the Martyrs' Memorial. The college's Sir Thomas White Quadrangle is an early work by Ove Aup.

The college comprises six quadrangles (quads): Front Quad (the buildings of the former St. Bernard's monastery), Canterbury Quad, Dolphin Quad, North Quad (containing the infamous 'Beehive', made up of hexagonal rooms in which each internal wall is a different length), Sir Thomas White Quad (affectionately known as 'Tommy White'), and Garden Quad.

In addition, the college accommodates a number of students, traditionally second-years but nowadays also a significant number of finalists, in the houses owned by the college on Museum Road and Blackhall Road. These houses back onto Queen Elizabeth House, which accommodates the Centre for International Development; plans are underway to convert Queen Elizabeth House into what the college is calling 'the last great quad in the city centre'. This will mean the college will extend for almost the entire length of the east side of St. Giles, as well as owning parts of the opposite side (including the recent purchase of the Eagle and Child pub to complement the Lamb and Flag opposite it on the college side of the road).

Download high resolution version (678x1024, 86 KB)The entrance to the college gardens, Canterbury Quad, St Johns College, Oxford. Taken by, and copyright, GWO. Released under GFDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on...

Canterbury Quad, St John's College, Oxford : The entrance to the Great Lawn and gardens, landscaped by Lancelot Brown (1715/1716 - February 6, 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English landscape gardener, now remembered as the last of the great English eighteenth_century artists to be accorded his due, and Englands greatest gardener. Born in Northumberland, he was employed by various landed families to... Capability Brown

Notable Alumni

Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism. Kingsley Amis was born in London, educated at... Kingsley Amis

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Edmund Campion (January 24, 1540 - December 1, 1581) was an English Jesuit and Roman Catholic martyr. Born in London, he received his early education at Christs Hospital, and, as the best of the London scholars, was chosen in their name to make the complimentary speech when Queen Mary visited... Edmund Campion

Dr. Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951) has been the Premier of Western Australia since 2001. Prior to entering politics, Dr. Gallop worked as a tutor and lecturer at both Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia (UWA), and was a City Councillor at Fremantle from 1983 to... Geoffrey Gallop

Robert von Ranke Graves (July 24, 1895–December 7, 1985) was an English scholar, best remembered for his work as a poet and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works in total. He was the son of Alfred Perceval Graves, the Irish writer. Life and... Robert Graves

Alfred Edward Housman (March 26, 1859 _ April 30, 1936) was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Life Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, the eldest of seven children of a country solicitor. His brother Laurence Housman and sister... A. E. Housman

William Juxon (1582 - June 4, 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death. He was the son of Robert Juxon and was born probably at Chichester, and educated at Merchant Taylors School, London, and St Johns... William Juxon

Philip Larkin (August 9, 1922 – December 2, 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He was one of the most prominent British poets of the second half of the 20th century, but he spent his working life as a university librarian. Biography Larkin was born to Sydney... Philip Larkin

William Laud (October 7, 1573–January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of Charles I of England whom he encouraged to believe in the Divine Right of Kings. Laud was born in Reading, Berkshire, of comparatively low origins (a fact he was to remain sensitive... William Laud

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Stephen Wolfram (born August 29, 1959 in London) is a scientist known for his work in particle physics, cellular automata and computer algebra, and is the author of the computer program Mathematica. Wolframs father was a novelist and his mother a professor of philosophy. Often described as a child... Stephen Wolfram

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