Exeter College

This article covers the college of the University of Oxford. For the college in the south-west English city of Exeter, see Exeter College (Exeter) .

Exeter College
motto	Floreat exon
founding	1314
Sponsorship	Oxford University
place	Oxford , UK
Rector	Rick Trainor
Students	546 postgraduates : 212
Annual budget	£ 74.5 million (2018)
Website	www.exeter.ox.ac.uk

Exeter College courtyard with Palmer's Tower (pictured left)

The Exeter College is one of the oldest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford .

history

In 1314 founded Walter de Stapeldon consisting of Devon native bishop of Exeter and Treasurer of the English king, college. The main reason for the establishment of the college was the fact that de Stapeldon needed a place for training priests for his diocese . This tradition continued with many students from the Devon and Cornwall regions in the early centuries of the college's existence . The college also derives its original name from its founder: Stapeldon Hall.

The college is still in its original location on Turl Street in the heart of Oxford . However, of the medieval buildings, only the Palmer's Tower has survived, a small tower-like structure near the chapel.

Much of the current buildings date from the 17th and early 18th centuries, when the college was one of Britain's most influential educational institutions . However, as a result, the development of the college and the development of the entire university stagnated. It was only in the 19th century that the old size could be restored. Among other things, the important artist William Morris studied and worked at the college at this time, as did Edward Burne-Jones . Some of the works of the two artists can still be found in the buildings, especially in the chapel, but also in the so-called Morris Room .

The best-known graduate of the 20th century is probably the philologist and writer J. R. R. Tolkien , who later also became a professor at Oxford University.

Today the college is a medium-sized college at Oxford University with around 38 fellows and around 450 students (around a third of whom are graduate students). All major humanities and natural sciences are represented at the college.

In 1978 women were admitted to the university for the first time, and in 1993 Exeter College was the first of the formerly men-only colleges to elect a woman to be rector.

building

The Choir of Exeter College Chapel

The oldest part of the college is the Palmer's Tower , built in the Middle Ages , named after a rector of the 15th century.

In 1618 the Dining Hall was built, along with a chapel that no longer exists today. The rest of the buildings around the front courtyard were constructed from 1672 to 1710.

Structurally, the college is dominated by the massive chapel , which was built in 1850 on the site of the old chapel. It was built in the Victorian Gothic style on the model of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris . The extremely colorful windows depict biblical scenes. The wooden stalls for the worshipers are also impressive. Furthermore, the most valuable treasure is a tapestry by the artist William Morris in the chapel. The organ is more recent, but it produces an impressive sound in the large chapel.

In the 20th century, extensive renovation work was carried out and a new extension was built, which is grouped around a second inner courtyard behind the chapel.

Personalities

• Tariq Ali (* 1943), author, filmmaker and historian
• Roger Alton (* 1947), journalist
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1621–1683), politician, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
• Martin Amis (* 1949), writer
• Roger Bannister (1929–2018), athlete and neurologist
• Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), biologist, Nobel Prize winner
• Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), painter
• Richard Burton (1925-1984), actor
• Edgar F. Codd (1923–2003), mathematician and database theorist, Turing Prize winner
• William Courtenay (1342–1396), Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, Bishop of Hereford and London
• John Eliot (1592-1632), politician
• Geoffrey Fisher (1887–1972), Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England
• John Ford (1586–1639), playwright (studies at Exeter College not guaranteed)
• Everard Im Thurn (1852–1932), governor and explorer
• Liaquat Ali Khan (1896–1951), first Prime Minister of independent Pakistan
• Charles Lyell (1797-1875), geologist
• William Morris (1834–1896), painter, architect, poet, craftsman, engineer and printer
• Chris Murphy (* 1973), American politician, Congressman
• William Onslow (1853–1911), politician, 4th Earl of Onslow, Governor of New Zealand
• Arthur Peacocke (1924-2006), biochemist and theologian
• Philip Pullman (born 1946), writer
• Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), Chinese writer and scholar
• Alex Quaison-Sackey (1924–1992), Ghanaian politician and diplomat
• Will Self (* 1961), writer and journalist
• Imogen Stubbs (born 1961), actress
• JRR Tolkien (1892–1973), writer and philologist
• John Walter III (1818-1894), owner and publisher of the Times
• Nicholas Thomas Wright (born 1948), Anglican Bishop of Durham
• Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (* 1938) Peruvian politician and economist.

Web links

Commons : Exeter College  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Exeter College - Official Site of Exeter College

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Exeter College: Annual Report and Financial Statements: Year ended 31 July 2018 (PDF)

Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 15 "  N , 1 ° 15 ′ 22"  W.