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The Queen's College, Oxford

The Queen's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located on the High Street.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Notable Former Students 3 External Link

History

The college was founded during the 14th century by a chaplain of Queen Philippa of Hainault, wife of King Edward III of England, hence its name. The magnificent frontage was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, part of a substantial rebuilding.

Notable Former Students

• Joseph Addison
• Lancelot Addison
• Rowan Atkinson
• Jeremy Bentham
• Tim Berners-Lee
• Georges Carpentier
• Vere Gordon Childe
• Edmund Halley
• Henry V of England
• David Jenkins
• Gerald Kaufman
• Brian Walden

External Link

• Official website

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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