Linacre College, Oxford - Definition and Overview

Linacre College
Established	1962
Sister College	Wolfson College
Principal	Prof. Paul Slack
Graduates	300
Undergraduates	3

</div> Linacre College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, currently offering graduate entry only. It is located in St. Cross Road, next to the University Parks.

The college is named after Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), a distinguished Oxford humanist. Linacre was also a medical scientist and a classicist. His ideals were milti-disciplinary. The college aims to reflect this milti-disciplinary approach.

Contents

1 History 2 Notable former students 3 See also 4 External links

History

Linacre College was founded in 1962. It currently has about 350 graduate students. The college was the first of Oxford's colleges to admit female and male students on an equal basis. It is proud of its international students. Over fifty countries are represented in the college's membership.

Notable former students

• Dr David Kelly, Biological Weapons Expert
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, journalist.

See also

• Thomas Linacre

External links

• Official website (http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/)

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