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The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. [2] The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault , queen of England. [ 3 ]
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In addition, he served as Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, as well as bursar, fellow, tutor and reader of the Queen's College, Oxford. A noted scholar, he dealt with records of the Hereford Cathedral Library, presenting his published work to the members of the Cantilupe Society. [5] He was also a member of the Canterbury and York Society. [6]
A Plea for the Study of Theology in the University of Oxford, 1868; Selections from Aristotle’s Organon, 1868, 2nd ed. 1877; Papers on University Reform, 1877 'Queen's College', in Clark's Colleges of Oxford, 1891; The Flemings in Oxford, vol. I 1904, vol. II 1913, vol. III 1924; The Obituary Book of Queen's College, Oxford, 1910
The library was originally named for the Sackler family, whose funding of the arts became controversial in the context of the opioid epidemic. [2] It was renamed the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library at a meeting of the University Council on 15 May 2023, following a review of the university's relationship with the family.
A typical college consists of a hall for dining, a chapel, a library, a college bar, senior, middle (postgraduate), and junior common rooms, rooms for 200–400 undergraduates, and lodgings for the head of the college and other dons.
An application for it to be upgraded, made by the C20 Society, was resisted by The Queen's College, who employed consultants to argue that the lower Grade II was appropriate. [7] However, the building was re-designated at Grade II* in December 2018. [8] The college successfully sought planning permission to complete refurbishment work and add ...
Also known as the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth & African Studies at Rhodes House. In 1990 the library held more than 330,000 books and the archives relating to US and other former colonies and dominions of the British Empire. The Library was a key research centre in the UK. [9] In 2014 the Library moved to the Weston Library. [10]