Wadham College, Oxford
College name	Wadham College
Named after	Nicholas Wadham
Established	1610
Sister College	Christ's College
Warden	Sir Neil Chalmers
JCR President	Ben Jasper
Undergraduates	460
MCR President	David Patrikarakos
Graduates	180
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Wadham College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 218 KB) I took this picture myself, and am releasing it into the public domain. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Most of the colleges of the University of Cambridge have sister colleges in the University of Oxford (and vice versa). ... Full name Christs College Motto Souvent me Souvient I Often Remember Named after Christ Previous names Gods-house (1437), Christs College (1505) Established 1505 Sister College(s) Wadham College Master Prof. ... The term Junior Combination Room or Junior Common Room (JCR) is used in many British universities (as well as at Harvard College in the United States) to refer to the collective of students (similar to a students union) at a constituent part of a university, typically a college or a... The term Middle Common Room (MCR) is used in some British universities, especially Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, to refer to the body of postgraduate students (similar to a students union) at a constituent college. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Parks Road. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... James VI and I (James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland. ...

Coat of Arms of Wadham College

Nicholas Wadham died in 1609 leaving his fortune towards the endowment of an Oxford college. The design and implementation of this vague intention fell to his wife Dorothy, a diligent septuagenarian. In a period of only four years, she gained royal and ecclesiastical support for the new college, negotiated the purchase of a site, appointed the west country architect William Arnold (architect), drew up the college statutes, and appointed the first warden, fellows, scholars, and cook. Although she never visited Oxford, she kept tight control of her new college and its finances until her death in 1618. Image File history File links Wadham_crest. ... Image File history File links Wadham_crest. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... William Arnold (architect) (flourished 1595-1637) was an important master mason in Somerset little is known about him, but he is known to have been living in Charlton Musgrove near Wincanton in 1595 where he was church warden. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ...

The Hall

Chapel Passageway

Although it is one of the youngest of the historic colleges, Wadham has some of the oldest and best preserved buildings, a result of the rash of rebuilding that occurred throughout Oxford during the 17th century. It is often considered as perhaps the last major English public building to be created according to the mediaeval tradition of the master mason. Wadham's front quad, which served as almost the entire college until the mid-20th century, is also the first example of the "Jacobean Gothic" style that was adopted for many of the University's buildings. A dramatic expansion since 1952 has made use of a range of 17th and 18th century houses, a converted warehouse originally built to store bibles, and several modern buildings designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia and McCormac Jamieson Prichard. It also includes the Holywell Music Room, the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe. Wadham also has a second claim to fame: it is thought that the college's chapel was the first religious building in England to regain its stained glass and statuary following the reformation. The college was refaced in the 1960s. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 127 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 127 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (710x1024, 130 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (710x1024, 130 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Gillespie, Kidd & Coia were a Scottish architectural firm famous for their application of modernism in churches and universities, as well as at St Peters Seminary in Cardross. ... MacCormac Jamieson Prichard is a large British architectural practice based in London. ... The Holywell Music Room is Oxfords chamber music hall and is situated east of Broad Street in the city centre. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

Under the original statutes, women were forbidden from entering the college, with the exception of a laundress who was to be of 'such age, condition, and reputation as to be above suspicion.' These rules were relaxed over the years, and in 1974 they were altered to allow for the admission of women as full members of college at all levels. In fact, Wadham was the first historically all-male college to have a female student. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Front Quad

Main Entrance

Back Quad

The Fellows Garden

JCR Quad

Wadham has a well-deserved reputation for being a progressive and tolerant college. As a protest against apartheid, the students' union passed a motion in 1984 to end every college "bop" (disco) with The Special AKA's single Free Nelson Mandela. The tradition continues despite Mandela's release in 1990. Wadham also has a reputation as a strong supporter of gay rights, and plays host to "Queer Bop", an annual night of slightly debauched behaviour popular with students of all colleges. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 143 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 143 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x677, 136 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x677, 136 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wadh6. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wadh6. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wadham_9. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wadham_9. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 143 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 143 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... The Specials were an English 2 Tone band formed in 1977 in Coventry. ... Remix single Free Nelson Mandela is song a by Special A.K.A. released on the single Nelson Mandela / Break Down The Door in 1984 as a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela. ...

Notable alumni

• Waseem Sajjad, two time interim President of Pakistan and Former Chairman Senate.
• Monica Ali, novelist
• Lindsay Anderson, film director
• Charles Badham, classics scholar
• Samuel Augustus Barnett, social reformer
• Robert Blake, Cromwell's admiral
• Richard Bentley, scholar and critic
• Richard Bethell (Lord Westbury), former Lord Chancellor
• Thomas Beecham, conductor
• Melvyn Bragg, television broadcaster
• Alan Bullock, historian of Nazi Germany
• Cecil Day-Lewis, former Poet Laureate
• Andy Cato, of Groove Armada
• John Cooke, prosecutor of Charles I
• Tom Findlay, of Groove Armada
• James Flint, writer
• Michael Foot, politician
• Neil Forrester, Artist and subject of The Real World TV show (London series)
• William Fox, premier of New Zealand
• Tim Franks, journalist
• C. B. Fry, sportsman
• Penaia Ganilau, former Governor General and President of Fiji.
• Neil Gerrard, politician
• Henry de Beltgens Gibbins, economic historian
• Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon
• J. W. Harris, legal scholar, Professor of the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British Academy.
• Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, architect
• Hari Kunzru, novelist
• Francis Kilvert, clergyman and diarist
• John Leslie, philosopher
• Tim McInnerny, actor
• Kamisese Mara, former Prime Minister and President of Fiji.
• Patrick Marber, comedian and playwright
• Jodhi May, actress
• Robert Moses, city planner
• Arthur Onslow, former Speaker of the House of Commons
• Iain Pears, novelist
• Rosamund Pike, actress
• Michael Rosen, poet and broadcaster
• Mary Ann Sieghart, assistant editor of The Times
• John Simon. former Lord Chancellor
• F. E. Smith (Lord Birkenhead), former Lord Chancellor
• Thomas Sprat, divine and cofounder of the Royal Society
• Rowan Williams, current Archbishop of Canterbury
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, libertine poet
• Philip M Woodward, mathematician and radar engineer
• Christopher Wren, architect and cofounder of the Royal Society

See also Former students of Wadham College.

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Famous Wardens and Fellows

• Alfred Ayer, logical positivist
• T.J. Binyon, Russian literature scholar and crime writer
• Maurice Bowra, scholar and wit
• Terry Eagleton, literary theorist
• John Flemming, economist
• Stuart Hampshire, philosopher and literary critic
• Humphrey Hody, clergyman and divine
• Thomas Graham Jackson, architect
• Frederick Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), Churchill's scientific adviser during the Second World War
• Claus Moser, economist
• Bernard O'Donoghue, poet
• Roger Penrose, mathematician
• Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician, writer, television presenter
• Robert Thistlethwayte, the warden who fled to France in 1737 after a homosexual scandal
• John Wilkins, scholar and cofounder of the Royal Society
• Robert J.C. Young, post-colonial theorist
• Peter Derow translator and historian