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The college was founded by Dorothy Wadham (née Petre) in 1610, [7] according to the wishes set out in the will of her husband Nicholas Wadham.Over 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, drew up the college statutes, and appointed the first warden, fellows, scholars ...
Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities. [1] The extent of the arrangement differs from case to case, but commonly includes the right to dine at one's sister college, the right to book accommodation there, the holding of joint events between JCRs and invitations to May balls.
The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th–15th centuries, none survived the Reformation.The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.
The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world. Below is a list of the Wardens of Wadham college in chronological order. Their time in office is given in parentheses.
Construction of Rhodes House began in 1926 after the Rhodes Trust purchased the two-acre plot from Wadham College the previous year. The mansion was designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker and modelled on the Cape Dutch farmhouse design and traditional English Country mansions. [ 3 ]
The lease book of Oxford Council in 1607 stated "Thomas Franklyn has licence to set up an inn with the sign of the King's Arms". [5] Franklyn's choice of the name refers to King James I (reigned 1603–1625), who was involved with Wadham College, immediately to the north. It opened on 18 September 1607.
People associated with Wadham College, Oxford (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Wadham College, Oxford" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Emblem of the 17th-century English Invisible College. Wadham College, founded in 1610, was the undergraduate college of Sir Christopher Wren. Wren was part of a brilliant group of experimental scientists at Oxford in the 1650s, the Oxford Philosophical Club, which included Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke.