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The college is named for its first patroness, Queen Philippa. Established in January 1341 'under the name of the Hall of the Queen's scholars of Oxford' (sub nomine aule scholarium Regine de Oxon), the college was subsequently called the 'Queen's Hall', 'Queenhall' and 'Queen's College'. The Queen's College, Oxford Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c.
4 November: Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to lay the foundation stone for St Catherine's College. Oxford College of Further Education founded. [275] 1961 24 January: St Peter's College granted the status of a full college in the university. 14 March: The New English Bible (New Testament) is co-published by Oxford University Press. [276]
Oxford Female Institute is a registered historic building in Oxford, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Oxford Female Institute was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church , and its first president was John Witherspoon Scott .
On 3 December 1756, Browne was elected Provost of Queen's College. [1] From 1759 to 1765 he held the office of Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He had a severe stroke of palsy 25 March 1765, and died on 17 June 1767.
Statue of Robert de Eglesfield in The Queen's College. Robert de Eglesfield (c. 1295–1349), 1341 founder of The Queen's College, Oxford, and a chaplain of Queen Philippa of Hainault in whose honour he named the college. Robert was the third son of John of Eglesfield and Beatrix. John was himself third son of Thomas of Eglesfield and Hawisa.
Previously Provost of Eton College Thomas Langton: 1487 1496 Christopher Bainbridge: 1496 1508 Subsequently Archbishop of York Edward Rigge 1508 1515 John Pantre 1515 1541 William Denysson 1541 1559 Hugh Hodgson 1559 1561 Thomas Francis: 1561 1563 Lancelot Shaw 1563 1565 Alan Scot 1565 1575 Bartholomew Bousfield 1575 1581 Henry Robinson: 1581 1598
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Septimus Collinson (11 September 1739 – 24 January 1827) was provost of Queen's College, Oxford. Collinson was the seventh son of Joseph and Agnes Collinson, was born at Gotree, near Hunsonby, Cumberland. He was brought up at Great Musgrave, Westmoreland, where his parents had purchased a small estate.