New College, Oxford

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New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. One of the bigger colleges, it stands in Holywell Street, "behind" The Queen's College.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable former students 3 Academics/teachers 4 External link 4.1 References

History

Despite its name, New College is one of the oldest of the Oxford colleges, having originally been founded in the 14th century.

Notable former students

• John Astor
• Waldorf Astor
• Angus Deayton
• Hugh Gaitskell
• Victor Gollancz
• Dennis Potter
• William Warham

Academics/teachers

• Isaiah Berlin
• David Cecil
• Richard Crossman
• William Archibald Spooner

External link

• Official website

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "New_College,_Oxford" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_College,_Oxford, used under the GNU Free Documentation License