List of founders of English schools and colleges
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This is a list of the founders of English schools, colleges, and universities.
Oxford Colleges[]
Colleges of the University of Oxford were founded by:
Founder | College and year of foundation |
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William of Durham | University College, 1249[1] |
John I de Balliol | Balliol College, 1263 |
Walter de Merton | Merton College, 1264 |
Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter | Exeter College, 1314 |
Adam de Brome | Oriel College, 1324 |
Robert de Eglesfield, chaplain of Queen Philippa | Queen's College, 1341 |
William of Wykeham | New College, 1379 |
Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln | Lincoln College, 1427 |
Henry Chichele | All Souls College, 1438 |
William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester | Magdalen College, 1458 |
Richard Sutton and William Smyth | Brasenose College, 1509 |
Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester | Corpus Christi College, 1517 |
King Henry VIII | Christ Church, 1546 |
Sir Thomas Pope | Trinity College, 1555 |
Sir Thomas White | St John's College, 1555 |
Hugh Price | Jesus College, 1571 |
Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham | Wadham College, 1610 |
King James I | Pembroke College, 1624 |
Cambridge Colleges[]
Colleges of the University of Cambridge were founded by:
Founder | College and year of foundation |
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Hugh de Balsham | Peterhouse, 1284 |
Margaret of Anjou | Queens' College, 1448 |
Elizabeth Woodville | Queens' College, 1465 (refounded) |
John Alcock | Jesus College, 1496 |
Lady Margaret Beaufort | Christ's College, 1505 |
Lady Margaret Beaufort & St John Fisher | St John's College, 1511 |
Thomas Audley | Magdalene College, 1542 (refounded) |
King Henry VIII | Trinity College, 1546 |
John Caius | Gonville and Caius College, 1557 (refounded) |
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex | Sidney Sussex College, 1596 |
Emily Davies Barbara Bodichon Lady Stanley of Alderley |
Girton College, 1869 |
15th Duke of Norfolk | St Edmund's House, later College, 1896 |
English schools[]
English schools were founded by:
English schools and colleges outside England[]
- Sir Henry Lawrence - Lawrence Schools at Sanawar, Ooty
- Claude Martin - La Martiniere College Schools at Lucknow, Kolkata and Lyon
See also[]
- List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
- List of the oldest schools in the world
- Armorial of schools in the United Kingdom
- Armorial of British universities
References[]
- ^ Butterworth, Hugh Montagu (2011). Blood and Iron: Letters from the Western Front. Casemate Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-84884-297-7.
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