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A principal character in Restless, who in Chapter 4 calls at her college in Turl Street; the novel is set in 1976, when Jesus College was the only Turl Street college admitting women; Boyd has also said "When, in my fiction, I have had to place a character at an Oxford college it has always been Jesus – sometimes disguised (as in my novel An ...
Pages in category "Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 721 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The college's founder, Queen Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait in the college hall Jesus College was founded on 27 June 1571, when Elizabeth I issued a royal charter. [6] It was the first Protestant college to be founded at the university, and it is the only Oxford college to date from Elizabeth's reign.
The crest of Jesus College above the entrance on Ship Street. Jesus College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth I at the request of Hugh Price, a Welsh clergyman, who was Treasurer of St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
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Jesus College was the first Protestant college to be founded at the University of Oxford, and it is the only Oxford college to date from Elizabeth's reign. [1] [2] It was the first new Oxford college since 1555, in the reign of Mary, when Trinity College and St John's College were founded as Roman Catholic colleges. [1]
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford (721 P) F. Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford (1 C, 183 P) P. Principals of Jesus College, Oxford (32 P) Pages in category "People ...
David Lloyd George, pictured in 1911, was elected an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1910 and said that he would prize no honour more highly.. The Governing Body of Jesus College, Oxford, (one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England) has the ability to elect "distinguished persons" to Honorary Fellowships. [1]