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Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the former Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and is centred on the architecturally important Radcliffe Observatory, [3] an 18th-century building, modelled on the ancient Tower of the Winds at Athens.
Templeton College was one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, England. It was an all-graduate college, concentrating on the recruitment of students in business and management studies. In 2008, the college merged with Green College, Oxford to form Green Templeton College, based on the existing Green College site.
The site, covering 10 acres (3.7 hectares) is in central north Oxford. It is bounded by Observatory Street and Green Templeton College to the north, the Woodstock Road to the east, Somerville College to the south, and Walton Street to the west.
College buildings range from medieval to modern, but most are made up of interlinked quadrangles or courtyards, with a porter's lodge controlling entry from the outside. The first modern merger of colleges was in 2008, with Green College and Templeton College merging to form Green Templeton College. [4]
View of the Tower of the Winds in Oxford Statue of Atlas and Hercules supporting a globe on top of the tower. The Tower of the Winds is the prominent octagonal tower on top of the old Radcliffe Observatory building in Oxford, England. [1] The building now forms a centrepiece for Green Templeton College, one of the colleges of Oxford University.
A list of Principals of Green Templeton College, Oxford. The head of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford is called the Principal. This article also includes the heads of the predecessor institutions of the college, Green College and Templeton College. The current principal is Sir Michael Dixon, since September 2020.
Radcliffe Observatory was the astronomical observatory of the University of Oxford from 1773 until 1934, when the Radcliffe Trustees sold it and built a new observatory in Pretoria, South Africa. [1] [2] It is a Grade I listed building. [3] Today, the observatory forms a part of Green Templeton College of the University of Oxford.
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