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Hertford College, Oxford

Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library.

Table of contents

1 History 2 The College Site 3 Famous Former Students 4 External links

History

The college was originally founded in 1282 by Elias de Hertford, but was subsequently dissolved, to be re-established several times before gaining full collegiate statis.

Hertford was one of the first five co-educational colleges in the university. It has a higher ratio of women to men than is usual at Oxford University.

The College Site

The main college consists of three quadrangles: Old Quadrangle, New Quadrangle and Holywell Quadrangle. The famous Hertford Bridge (Bridge of Sighs) was designed by Thomas Jackson to link the Old Quadrangle with the New Quadrangle.

Famous Former Students

• William Robinson Clark
• John Donne
• John Meade Falkner
• Charles James Fox
• Thomas Hobbes
• Gavin Maxwell
• Max Nicholson
• Peter Pears
• Henry Pelham
• Jonathan Swift
• William Tyndale
• Evelyn Waugh
• Byron White

External links

• Hertford College, Oxford (official website)
• Virtual Tour of the College - has large images

Colleges of the University of Oxford

All Souls | Balliol | Brasenose | Christ Church | Corpus Christi | Exeter | Green | Harris Manchester | Hertford | Jesus | Keble | Kellogg | Lady Margaret Hall | Linacre | Lincoln | Magdalen | Mansfield | Merton | New College | Nuffield | Oriel | Pembroke | Queen's | St Anne's | St Antony's | St Catherine's | St Cross | St Edmund Hall | St Hilda's | St Hugh's | St John's | St Peter's | Somerville | Templeton | Trinity | University | Wadham | Wolfson | Worcester

Permanent Private Halls at the University of Oxford

Blackfriars | Campion Hall | Greyfriars | Regent's Park College | St Benet's Hall | St Stephen's House | Wycliffe Hall

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