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The Queen's College, Oxford
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.
Table of contents
1 History
2 Notable Former Students
3 Academics/Teachers
1 External Link
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
Rowan Atkinson
Jeremy Bentham
Tim Berners-Lee
Georges Carpentier
Vere Gordon Childe
Edmund Halley
Henry V of England
David Jenkins
Gerald Kaufman
Brian Walden[?]
Academics/Teachers
External Link
Official website
(
http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/
)
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