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Exeter College's Broad Street frontage. Exeter College was founded in 1314 by Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter and later treasurer to Edward II, and his brother, Sir Richard Stapledon, judge and politician, [6] [7] [8] as a school to educate clergy. [9] The college initially used Hart Hall, now Hertford College, and moved to Turl Street in ...
Exeter College is a general further education college in Exeter, Devon; [2] [3] it was the first such college in England, [4] [5] and was the highest-ranked in the country in 2017. [6] The college has its origins in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum , founded in 1869, and first became an independent institution in 1893 as the Exeter Technical ...
William Jackson Jr (15 April 1887 – resigned 25 March 1913); Lewis Richard Farnell (15 April 1913 – resigned 19 September 1928); Robert Ranulph Marett (10 October 1928 – d. 18 February 1943)
Exeter College of Art and Design, a former college in Exeter, Devon Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title.
Walter Stapledon (died 15 October 1326) was an English cleric and administrator who was Bishop of Exeter from 1308 and twice served as Lord High Treasurer of England, in 1320 and from 1322 to 1325. He founded what became Exeter College, Oxford and contributed liberally to the rebuilding of Exeter Cathedral , where his tomb and monument survive.
This is a list of alumni of Exeter College, Oxford. Exeter is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. The scarcity of women in this list of notable alumni reflects the fact that for over six and a half centuries (from its foundation in 1314 until 1979), women were barred from studying at Exeter. [1] Those educated at the college include:
The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838, 1855, 1863, and 1888 respectively.
Robert Newton was an Oxford college head in the 16th-century. [1] Newton was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1552, M.A. in 1557 and B.D. in 1575. He was Rector of Exeter from 1557 to 1559. [2] A priest, he held the living at Bugbrooke