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Merton College, Oxford

Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its squat square tower is one of the city's landmarks.

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1 History

2 Notable Former Students

3 Academics/Teachers

4 Official Website

History

The college was founded in 1264 by Walter de Merton.

Notable Former Students

T. S. Eliot
Kris Kristofferson
William of Ockham
Siegfried Sassoon
Howard K. Smith
Frederick Soddy
Richard Steele

Academics/Teachers

John Bainbridge
Edmund Blunden
Walter de Merton
J. R. R. Tolkien

Official Website

Merton College, Oxford (http://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/)

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