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Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, [2] is located on Pembroke Square, Oxford.The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain and then-Chancellor of the University.
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 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature is a free public lecture delivered annually at Pembroke College, Oxford University.. The series was founded by Pembroke postgraduate students Will Badger and Gabriel Schenk in memory of J.R.R. Tolkien, who was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke from 1925 until 1945.
A list of Pembroke College, Oxford people including former students, fellows, honorary fellows, principals and masters of Pembroke College, University of Oxford, England and its predecessor Broadgates Hall. The overwhelming maleness of this list can be partially explained by the fact that for over three centuries (from its foundation in 1624 ...
Pembroke Square is a square in central Oxford, England, located to the west of St Aldate's and directly adjoining it. The square is named for Pembroke College , [ 1 ] which has its main entrance at the south-west corner of the square, and houses St Aldate's Church which was formerly the library of the college.
People associated with Pembroke College, Oxford (3 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Pembroke College, Oxford" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Evans was Philipps Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford from 1843 to 1864, serving as Tutor and senior Dean of the college. In 1851, he was appointed Vicegerent, and then on 3 March 1864 he was elected Master of the College and Canon of Gloucester: [2] this was a combined position that he held until his death in 1891, spending time in the vacation at his canonical residence in Gloucester.
Pembroke College may refer to: Pembroke College, Cambridge; Pembroke College, Oxford; Pembroke College (Brown University), the former women's college; University of North Carolina at Pembroke, formerly known as Pembroke State College