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Balliol's claim is that a house of scholars was established by the founder in Oxford in around 1263, in contrast to Merton, which was the first college to be granted an official statute in 1274, and University College, which, while provisionally founded by will in 1249, was only officially established around 1280.
It is now named after the well-known Victorian Master of Balliol College, Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893). Much of the land in the area is owned by Balliol College, including the playing fields to the north and student housing. [2] [3] [4] The Michael Pilch Studio, owned by Balliol College, is a black box theatre located in Jowett Walk. [5]
Radio Oxford broadcaster: Refounded the Penultimate Picture Palace 1976. Commissioned the Headington Shark on his property. [2]: 236 John Schlesinger: 1947: Film director: Midnight Cowboy (1969). Won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), and The Next Best Thing (1999) [2]: 480 Roger Mayne: 1947: Photographer ...
12] Arthur Hugh Clough 1836 secretarial assistant to Florence Nightingale his sister and daughter both became principals of Newnham College, Cambridge The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich : 2 John Campbell Shairp 1839 pastoral poet Professor of Humanity, St Andrews Oxford Professor of Poetry "The Poetic Interpretation of Nature" 1877 : 3 Matthew Arnold 1840 cultural critic sage writer Oxford ...
Image Name Join date Sport Representing Olympics Refs Caryn Davies: 2013: rowing women's eight: USA: 2004, 2008, 2012 [1]Justin Frishberg: 1991: wheelchair rugby
The main source of information is the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register which lists Fellows and students by year of matriculation, thus providing evidence of existence, dates and some biographical information. 1st edition — 1832–1914 [1] 2nd edition — 1833–1933 [2] 3rd edition — 1900–1950 [3] 4th edition — 1916 ...
Liberal MP for City of Oxford 1880. When a piece of plaster fell from the ceiling in his courtroom, he aptly quoted 'fiat justitia, ruat coelum' ('let justice be done though the heavens fall') and he once famously remarked that 'truth will sometimes leak out even through an affidavit' [14] [13]: 5 John Coleridge: 1838: Lord Chief Justice
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