St. John's College, Oxford

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St. John's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Thomas White, a merchant, in 1555. Fairly large, it comprises approximately 400 undergraduates and 250 postgraduates and academic staff, and is the wealthiest college in Oxford. The college stands on St. Giles, which it owns, and is close to the Martyrs' Memorial.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable Former Students 3 Academics/Teachers 4 External link 4.1 References

History

Notable Former Students

• Kingsley Amis
• Tony Blair (British PM)
• Geoffrey Gallop
• Robert Graves
• A. E. Housman, 1877-1882
• William Juxon
• Philip Larkin
• William Laud
• Dean Rusk
• Stephen Wolfram

Academics/Teachers

External link

• Official Website

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "St._John's_College,_Oxford" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_College,_Oxford, used under the GNU Free Documentation License