The Queen's College, Oxford

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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.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable Former Students 3 External Link 3.1 References

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

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References

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