Magdalen College, Oxford - Definition and Overview

Magdalen College
Established	1458
Sister College	Magdalene College
President	Anthony Smith
Graduates	216
Undergraduates	385

</div> Magdalen College (pronounced maudlin) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Magdalen is one of the most visited colleges in the university. Its large square tower is a famous landmark, and it is from the top of this tower early on May morning that the Magdalen College choir sings. The College stands next to the River Cherwell, with Magdalen College School nearby. Within the grounds is a deer park.

Contents

1 History 2 Famous Alumni 3 Teachers/Academics 4 External Link

History

Magdalen College was founded 1458 in Oxford by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, originally as Magdalen. New educational ideas of the Renaissance era as well as new methods of teaching were tried out.

Famous Alumni

• John Mark Ainsley
• James Richard Atkin
• Kenneth Baker
• John Betjeman
• Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah
• Ashley Bramall
• Stephen Breyer
• Wesley Clark
• Alfred Denning
• Alfred Douglas
• John Carew Eccles
• Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
• Howard Walter Florey
• Malcolm Fraser
• Edward Gibbon
• William Hague
• Omar Hassan
• Seamus Heaney
• Ian Hislop
• Alan Hollinghurst
• Albert Hourani
• Keith Joseph
• Peter Medawar
• Dudley Moore
• Desmond Morris
• Ivor Novello
• Hormuzd Rassam
• John Redwood
• Robert Robinson
• Duncan Sandys
• Erwin Schrödinger
• Charles Scott Sherrington
• David Souter
• Andrew Sullivan
• William Tyndale
• Oscar Wilde
• Thomas Wolsey

(P. G. Wodehouse attributes a Magdalen undergraduateship to his fictional literary character Bertie Wooster)

Teachers/Academics

• Joseph Addison
• C. S. Lewis
• A. J. P. Taylor

External Link

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

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