Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College, Oxford

Oxford_College_Infobox
name = Lincoln College
university = Oxford
picture =
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named_for = Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln
established = 1427
sister_college = Downing College, Cambridge
head_name = Rector
head = Prof. Paul Langford
JCR President = Jøno Lain
undergraduates = 285
MCR President = Christine Simpson
graduates = 220
latitude = 51.75326
longitude = -1.255905
homepage = [http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/ Homepage]
boat_club =

Lincoln College (in full: The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of Oxford, lying on Turl Street next to Exeter and backing onto Brasenose. As of 2006, Lincoln had an estimated financial endowment of £69m. [ [http://www.btinternet.com/~akme/OXCpress.html Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006] (updated July 2007)]

History

The College was founded on October 13th 1427 by Richard Fleming, then Bishop of Lincoln, ("cadaver tomb in Lincoln Cathedral") to combat the Lollard teachings of John Wyclif. He intended it to be "a little college of true students of theology who would defend the mysteries of Scripture against those ignorant laymen who profaned with swinish snouts its most holy pearls".

Due to insufficient endowment, however, the College seems only to have survived thanks to the munificence of a second Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas Rotherham, who effectively re-founded it in the 1470s.

In the 18th century Lincoln became the cradle of Methodism when John Wesley, at that time a fellow there, held religious meetings with his brother Charles.

In the next century, Lincoln was the first college in Oxford (or Cambridge) to admit a Jewish Fellow, the Australian-born philosopher Samuel Alexander (appointed 1882).

Years after the success of his Cold War spy novels, novelist and Lincoln graduate John le Carré, himself a one-time spy, revealed that fictional spymaster George Smiley was modelled on former Lincoln rector Vivian H. H. Green. At least one other recent Lincoln Rector, Sir Maurice Shock, enjoyed a prior career in British intelligence, although there is little evidence to substantiate the college's reputation as a recruiting ground for spies.

The College was the first in Oxford or Cambridge to provide a Middle Common Room exclusively for the use of graduate students. Lincoln has admitted women since the 1970s.

The college is known as being the setting for many literary works, such as Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure". It has also been the setting for 3 episodes of Inspector Morse.

Architecture

According to Nikolaus Pevsner, Lincoln College preserves "more of the character of a 15th century college than any other in Oxford". This is mainly because both the facade to Turl Street and the front quad are still of only two storeys (although the parapets and battlements are of the 19th century).

There are three quads - "front quad" (15th century), "chapel quad" (1608–1631) and "grove quad" (19th century, more properly "the Grove") - and a number of irregular spaces.

The college chapel was built in late perpendicular style between 1629 and 1631. The college's library is located in the converted 18th century church of All Saints, handed over to the college in 1971. The Rector's lodgings in Turl Street are neo-Georgian and were built in 1929–1930.

Unlike many other colleges, all of the architecture of the college proper is mediaeval stone and there is no modern accommodation annexe. To quote the Lincoln College Freshers' Handbook, "Unlike most colleges, we have no grotty sixties annexe to spoil all the pretty bits".

tudent accommodation

The college is one of relatively few in Oxford to guarantee all undergraduatesthree years of college-owned accommodation. Similarly, virtually all graduate students are provided housing for the duration of their studies.

The college's housing stock is extensive and centrally-located. About 80 students live on the three quads described above, with over 100 more living in rooms above the shops on the other side of Turl Street. Further accommodation is provided at Bear Lane (across High Street) and at Museum Road (by Keble College). A number of outlying houses make up the remainder of the housing stock.

Junior Common Room

Due to Lincoln's small numbers and tightly-knit community, its Junior Common Room (JCR) plays a greater role in student life than do the JCRs of most other colleges. JCR elections, held in Trinity and Michaelmas Terms, attract one of the highest turnouts of any Oxford college.The JCR is run by an Executive group of officers, headed by the President. The JCR President for 2008–9 is Jøno Lain. His recent predecessors are Peter Morcos (2007–8), Nicolas Long (2006–7), Oliver Munn (2005–6), Alasdair Henderson (2004–5), Mairi Brewis (2003–4) and Phil Bownes (2002–3). JCR meetings are held three times a term.
* [http://www.lincolnjcr.com/ JCR website]

Notable former students

* Peter Ainsworth — MP for East Surrey
* Bill Cash — MP for Stone
* Steph Cookmodern pentathlete and Olympic gold medallist
* David Craig, Baron Craig of RadleyHouse of Lords crossbencher and former Chief of the Defence Staff
* Theodore "Dr Seuss" Geisel (1904–1991) — writer and cartoonist
* J.A. Hobson (1858–1940) — Liberal thinker and political theorist
* Girish Karnad — Indian playwright, film actor and director
* John le Carré — author
* David Lewis (1909–1981) — Canadian MP and leader of the New Democratic Party
* Rachel Maddow — American radio personality and political analyst
* Maulana Mohammad Ali (1878–1931) — Indian Muslim leader, journalist and poet
* John Morley — Liberal statesman and writer
* Emily Mortimer — actress
* Chukwuemeka OjukwuBiafran secessionist
* Osbert Lancaster — cartoonist, critic and author
* Sir Peter Parker (1924–2002) — Chairman of the British Railways Board, 1976–1983
* Tom Paulin — poet
* Jamie SheaNATO spokesman
* William Sholto Douglas (1893–1969) — RAF pilot and WWII military commander
* Sir John Stanley — MP for Tonbridge and Malling
* Edward Thomas (1878–1917) — poet
* Colin Winter (1928-1981) — bishop and anti-apartheid activist

Academics/teachers

* Edward Abraham (Sir Edward) (Fellow 1948–1999)
* Peter Atkins (Fellow 1965–2007, Acting Rector 2007)
* Howard Florey(Lord Florey) (Fellow 1934–1962)
* Susan Greenfield (Fellow 1985–present)
* Norman Heatley (Fellow 1948-1978, Supernumerary Fellow 1978–2004)
* Keith Murray (Fellow 1937–1993, Rector 1944–1953)
* Mark Pattison (Fellow 1839–1884, Rector 1861–1884)
* John Potter (Fellow 1694–1747)
* John Radcliffe (Fellow 1670–1675)
* Nevil Sidgwick (Fellow 1901–1958)
* John Wesley — theologian and founder of methodism
* Vivian H. H. Green (Fellow 1951–2005, Rector 1983–1987)

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