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Balliol lays claim to being the oldest Oxford college, though this is disputed by both University College and Merton. Balliol's claim is that a house of scholars was established by the founder in Oxford in around 1263, in contrast to Merton, which was the first college to be granted an official statute in 1274, and University College, which ...
Holywell Manor is a historic building in central Oxford, England, in the parish of Holywell. [1] It currently houses some of Balliol College's postgraduate student population. It is on the corner of Manor Road and St Cross Road, next to St Cross Church, which has become the Balliol College Historic Collections Centre.
Radio Oxford broadcaster: Refounded the Penultimate Picture Palace 1976. Commissioned the Headington Shark on his property. [2]: 236 John Schlesinger: 1947: Film director: Midnight Cowboy (1969). Won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), and The Next Best Thing (1999) [2]: 480 Roger Mayne: 1947: Photographer ...
It opened in 1997, has a capacity of 50–90 people depending on the configuration, and is located on Jowett Walk in central Oxford, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The theatre was built as part of a phased development of buildings by Balliol College , mainly for student accommodation, on Jowett Walk during 1996–2004 (Phase 1 completed September 1996 ...
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.
Refounded as the first Hertford College: Magdalen Hall 1490 1874 Refounded as the second Hertford College: St Alban Hall: 1230 1882 Merged with Merton College: New Inn Hall: 1360 1887 Merged with Balliol College, site part of St Peter's College: St Mary Hall: 1326 1902 Merged with Oriel College: St Edmund Hall: 1278 1957 Incorporated as a College
Balliol made me, Balliol fed me, Whatever I had she gave me again; And the best of Balliol loved and led me, God be with you, Balliol men : 35 Count Eric Stenbock 1879 DNG Baltic Swedish poet writing in English Macabre fiction and poetry "The Song of the Unwept Tear" covered by Marc Almond in Feasting with Panthers Studies of death: romantic tales 1894 Henry Charles Beeching 1878 Professor of ...
The Snell Exhibition is an annual scholarship awarded to students of the University of Glasgow to allow them to undertake postgraduate study at Balliol College, Oxford. The award was founded by the bequest of Sir John Snell in a will made in 1677, although the original stipulation referred to the University of Oxford, rather than Balliol in ...