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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 ...
Below is a list of the Deans of Wadham college in chronological order, together with their time in office. John Pitt 1613, 1616–17 [ 2 ] John Goodridge 1613, 1618 [ 2 ]
Wadham College, Oxford – a constituent college of the University of Oxford; Wadham College Boat Club – the rowing club of Wadham College, Oxford; Wadham School – a school for children near Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Wadham Preparatory School – a primary school for children formerly in Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), who performed in the Holywell Music Room. The Holywell Music Room is the city of Oxford's chamber music hall, situated on Holywell Street in the city centre, and is part of Wadham College.
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. [4] In the 17th century, the King's Arms was a popular location for plays. [4]
Wadham competed in the first Grand Challenge Cup in 1839, losing to Trinity College, Cambridge. [2] In 1849, Wadham competed against Trinity and Oriel College, Oxford in the Ladies' Challenge Plate and the Grand Challenge Cup. Wadham won both races with Trinity coming in second. [1] It is said this victory led to Wadham's right to use Cambridge ...
The University of Michigan, founded in 1817–twenty years before Michigan's statehood–is the state's oldest university [1] [2] and remained the only university in the state until the 20th century, when Detroit College became the University of Detroit in 1911 and Wayne State University achieved "university" status in 1933 following the ...
Nicholas Wadham (/ ˈ w ɒ d ə m /; 1531–1609) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset, and Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon, was a posthumous co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford, with his wife Dorothy Wadham who, outliving him, saw the project through to completion in her late old age.