University College, Oxford
(founded 1249)

Now before your eyes a handsome college appear college appears which although it is a section, has acquired the name of the entire establishment. Just as in logic a section is often named after a group and a single division frequently stands for the entire body. Archdeacon William of Durham gave this college a name taken from a city which was synonymous with learning.

Founded in the reign of King Alfred in 873. Restored by William Archdeacon of Durham in about 1249 A.D.

The claim that King Alfred founded the College is now considered apocryphal, but makes a good tale anyway.

• Contact details.

• Lord Butler of Brockwell, Master (1997 to date). Fax: +44-1865-276985
• Prof. Bill Roscoe, Senior Tutor. Professor, Computing Laboratory.
• John Wheater. Reader, Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics.

Some recent previous Masters of Univ.:

• Prof. W.J. Albery (1989-1997), FRS. First Master to be a Fellow of the Royal Society. Previously Senior Research Associate, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory. Now Barrer Fellow at Imperial College, London.
• Kingman Brewster (1986-1989). Ex-president of Yale, ex-Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
• Lord Goodman (1976-1986). "The most famous solicitor in England."
• Lord Redcliffe-Maud (1963-1976). Ex-fellow, civil servant and ambassador.
• Prof. A.L. Goodhart (1951-1963). First American head of house in Oxford or Cambridge, Professor of Jurisprudence.

• Prof. Jonathan Bowen, Professor of Computing, London South Bank University.
• Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the USA.
• Maurizio Giuliano, Milan, Italy.
• Prof. Stephen Hawking, holder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge. See also entry in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive and a photograph from a picture gallery of famous physicists.
• Prof. Bernard J. Hibbitts, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Geraint Jennings, Jersey.
• James Martland, Victoria College, Jersey.
• Andrew Robinson, Literary Editor, Times Higher Education Supplement, London.

Further resources

• College Tour - recommended (QuickTime VR promised)
• Photographs of Univ.
• University College entry in the University of Oxford Undergraduate Prospectus.
• Entry for Univ. in The Aliens' Guide to Oxford.
• Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke plaque.
• Univ. engineers (1974-77).
• The Oxcentrics, a 1970s jazz band.
• Shelley at Oxford.
• Wikipedia entry.
• Britain Express entry.
• The Free Dictionary entry.
• University College, Oxford links from Google.
• Other Oxford colleges.
• General Oxford information.

Address

University College
High Street
Oxford OX1 4BH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-1865-276602 (enquiries)
Fax: +44-1865-276790

If you have anything of historical interest concerning the College, please contact the Archivist, Dr. Robin Darwall-Smith on robin.darwall-smith@univ.ox.ac.uk.

Additions, corrections and other suggestions are welcome, especially hyperlinks to personal pages of members or ex-members of the College.