Founded 1610 by Dorothy Wadham in memory of husband Nicholas Wadham. Sister College – Christ’s College Cambridge. Men and Women – Undergraduates 448 Postgraduates 129. Behind every good man is a good woman. Wadham College owes its existence to the tenacity and dedication of Dorothy Wadham, wife of wealthy Somerset landowner, Nicholas Wadham, who made sure her husband’s rather vague intention to establish a place of learning in Oxford was realised in 1610. In the space of four short years following her
volume of poetry a year before his birth. As one can determine from this, much of his influence came from his parents. Hopkins began writing poetry in grammar school during which he won a poetry prize. This prize gave him a scholarship to Balliol College in Oxford, where he earned two degrees and was considered by his professors and peers to be the star of Balliol. Throughout his life he was very connected to his religion. So much that in 1868, after joining the Society of Jesus, he burned all of his work
Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins is a reflection of his time period because his work represents realism, his work was different from what was expected, and his work had to do with religion. Although Hopkins is considered as one of the great poets of the past, he was not that appreciated during his time period. The only reason that we have his work today is because his friends held on to his work after his death and decided to publish it for him in 1918. Hopkins age was defined
Founded 1882 in memory of George Augustus Selwyn. Paid for by subscription. Sister College – Keble College Oxford. Men and Women – Undergraduates 400 Postgraduates 200. For a college with modest financial endowments, Selwyn punches way above its weight in the Cambridge academic performance tables, recently achieving top spot. The foundation started life in 1882 as a Public Hostel of the University, a Christian initiative in memory of the Rt Revd George Augustus Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand
Founded 1263 by John de Balliol. Sister College -– St John’s College Cambridge. Men and Women – Undergraduates 387 Postgraduates 327. Balliol is one of the oldest and largest of the colleges in Oxford with around 327 postgraduates and 387 undergraduates. It has recently become the most popular, with more applications than any other in the university. Balliol is situated right in the heart of the city on its original site with a lease dating back to foundation year – 1263. A student coup in the 1960’s
Founded 1509 as The King’s Hall and College of Brasenose by William Smyth, Bishop of Lincoln and Sir Richard Sutton. Sister College – Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. Men and Women – Undergraduates 365 Postgraduates 206. Brasenose College is in the centre of Oxford situated by Radcliffe Square overlooking the main quadrangle of the Bodleian Library. It is affectionately referred to as ‘BNC’ or ‘The Mighty Nose’. As with many learned institutions the evolution from lodging houses, where academics
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89). Poems 1918, Spring and Fall: To a young child MÁRGARÉT, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves, líke the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? Áh! ás the heart grows older 5 It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; And yet you wíll weep and know why. Now no matter, child, the name: 10 Sórrow’s spríngs áre the same. Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed What
John Caius. Originally Gonville Hall 1348-1351. Sister College – Brasenose College Oxford. Men and Women –Undergraduates 500 Postgraduates 250. Gonville and Caius was founded in 1348 as Gonville Hall, by the somewhat mysterious Edmund Gonville, Rector of Terrington St Clements, from the flatlands of Norfolk. There must have been more to Edmund than the records show, because it is doubtful a humble rector could have established a Cambridge college. There has been speculation that he was also a successful
College of Scholars of the Holy Trinity of Norwich. Named after The Holy Trinity. Founded 1350 by William Bateman Bishop of Norwich. Sisters College – All Souls College Oxford. Men and Women – Undergraduate 370 Postgraduates 270. The Black Death plague that hit England in the 1340’s had a devastating effect, wiping out almost half of the population. The clergy, despite their godliness, were not immune. William Bateman Bishop of Norwich, found he had lost close to 700 parish priests and, in order
Founded 1438 as The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed of Oxford by Henry Chiche Archbishop of Canterbury. Sister College – Trinity Hall Cambridge. Fellows only, Men and Women (by entrance exam or invitation). Only the most brilliant scholars drawn from a pool of the most gifted are invited to All Souls to engage in a life advanced academic study. Traditionally the college has no undergraduates and is unusual in that all members become fellows and join the college’s governing body. Originally
needed by the stretched social care system. The study is believed to be the largest non-pharmacological randomized control trial with dementia patients in care homes. It was led by the University of Exeter, King’s College London, and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Dr. Jane Fossey, from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, said that when the person-centered approach is used in getting to know each resident as an individual and these are reflected in all aspects of care, it can improve the lives
escape from a lower-middle-class commercial life was winning an academic scholarship, which, with some difficulty, he did in 1910, gaining entrance to Exeter College, Oxford. In 1908 Tolkien fell in love with Edith Bratt, an orphan like himself. In 1910 Father Morgan forbade him to communicate with her until he was of age, to which Tolkien obeyed. At Oxford he began studying classics but soon concentrated on English language and literature, being awarded first-class honors in his final examination in
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a well known poet and author. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in the year of 1892. He started off his career teaching at Oxford University. While teaching he published his first novel ‘The Hobbit’. The Hobbit soon became one of the most popular and loved fantasy novels of all time along with his Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Most of his novels are based in a fictional world of ‘Middle Earth’. Tolkien has created his vast world with extreme detail, amazingly
T he title of this article looks like a literary flourish and in ways it is. In his Timaeus Plato writes that the One "was good; and for the good there never has been any envy concerning anyone."1 Athanasius of Alexandria echoes this in his early dual work Contra Gentes-De Incarnatione when, in a rather literary way, he records that "a good being would be envious of no one; so [the God of all who is good and excellent by nature] envies nobody existence but rather wishes everyone to exist" {Contra
primarily trained at the two major universities, Oxford and Cambridge. A small percentage (14%) came from small theological colleges. Many people could not afford to send their sons to these universities for the length of time required to become ordained. The combination of the increased demand in number of clergy needed and the time restriction for development created a crisis. The result of this crisis, was the development of the lesser theological colleges for the non-ordained and vocationally trained
citations. These are cited a total of 722 times. The uses are all explained in the notes, pages 327 to 353. Nearly 25 sources were written before the 1900s, and a majority of the sources were studies and papers from prestigious universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. The sources were primarily secondary because they were mostly papers from the early 1800s and spreading to the 1900s and early 2000s. The sources that were written in the 1500s and 1600s seemed to be diaries and journals of various
first poetry at the relatively young age of nine, and had produced his initial epic, an allegory consisting of over one thousand lines, by the time he was fourteen. Alfred Noyes was, in following years, educated and trained in England, at Exeter College, Oxford. However, he refrained from the completion of his degree, and concentrated instead on the publication of his first volume of poems, titled The Loom of Years (1902). In 1907 he wed an American, Garnett Daniels, daughter of Colonel G. Byron
us?” Not much is known about his early life, except that he worked for a while as a hostler, groom/stable boy, at Bishops Castle, before he went to study under his uncle Erasmus Powell, vicar of Clun, Shropshire. He was then sent to Jesus College, Oxford apparently leaving without attaining a degree, whereupon he moved back to Clun, and worked as a teacher. After reading Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reede and listening to the sermons of Walter Cradoc, he became a Puritan, and joined the Free Baptist
“Not all that glitters is gold, not all who wander are lost…”, this is my favorite quote from my favorite author, the great J.R.R. Tolkien. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a bestselling author, professor of Old and Middle English at Oxford, and an incredibly skilled linguist. He was determined, steadfast, and a firm defender of his artistic integrity. J.R.R. Tolkien was an inspirational Englishman because he created a modern mythology, sparking the creation of a new genre of modern fiction. Tolkien’s
After completing his studies there, he was signed up to Christ Church, Oxford. The dean of the college at the time was John Owen, vice-chancellor of the university. Although a capable student, Locke was irritated by the bad curriculum of the time. He found the works of modern philosophers, such as René Descartes, more interesting than the