Pembroke College (Oxford)
| Pembroke College | |
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| founding | 1624 (Broadgate Hall) |
| Sponsorship | University of Oxford |
| place | Oxford |
| country |
 United Kingdom
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| master | Lynne Brindley |
| Students | 597 (2019) Undergraduates : 363 Postgraduates : 234 |
| Annual budget | £ 90.4 million (2019) |
| Website | Homepage |
The Pembroke College , full name The Master, Fellows and Scholars of Pembroke College , is one of 39 colleges and Private Halls of the University of Oxford . The most important Pembroke students include the writer Samuel Johnson , the American senator and founder of the Fulbright Scholarship, James William Fulbright and the chemist James Smithson . The famous writer J. R. R. Tolkien was a professor at Pembroke College between 1925 and 1945 and wrote The Hobbit and the first two parts of The Lord of the Rings during that time . Also studied at Pembroke College , William Blackstone , the first professor to give lectures on Common Law and author of the Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Pembroke College was founded in 1624 by King James I and named after the Earl of Pembroke , who at the time was Chancellor of Oxford University and made a significant contribution to the founding of the college. The origins of the college can be traced back to the beginnings of the university itself. Initially used as a home for law students, it was known as Broadgates Hall. It was finally expanded into the college in the early 17th century, thanks to generous financial contributions from Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick .
It is noteworthy that until 1979, Pembroke College was almost exclusively male. However, Pembroke College is not an isolated case within the University of Oxford .
It is not only extremely successful academically, but can also refer to many sporting successes. The team is one of the best colleges in Oxford, especially when it comes to traditional boat races. Exemplary the Olympic and world champion Caryn Davies .
The current director is Dame Lynne Brindley , previously director of the British Library from July 2000 to July 2012, a member of Ofcom .
coat of arms
The college's coat of arms was confirmed by the Office of Heraldry of England and Wales on February 14, 1625. Formally described:
- 3 wild silver lions on an azure and red background, above a rose according to the English pattern on a white background and a red thorny thistle according to the Scottish pattern on a gold background
Both James I as the founder of the university and the Earl of Pembroke are embedded here. The form, representing the union of the crowns as James I of England and James VI. of Scotland, is symbolized by the rose (England) and the thistle (Scotland). The three wild lions correspond to the image of the Earl of Pembroke.
Notable past students
- Abdullah II , King of Jordan
- Hilarion Alfejew , Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and Head of the Foreign Office of the Moscow Patriarchate
- Francis Beaumont , English playwright
- William Blackstone , English lawyer
- Edmund Bonner , English bishop
- Thomas Browne , English philosopher
- William Camden , English historian and antiquarian
- Julian Critchley , British politician
- Caryn Davies , American rower , world champion and Olympic champion
- Denzil Davies , Member of Parliament
- William Fulbright , American politician
- Charles Hawtrey , British actor and comedian
- George Procter Hawtrey British actor
- Michael Heseltine , British politician
- Walter Isaacson , American writer and biographer , President and CEO of the Aspen Institute
- Samuel Johnson , English scholar and lexicographer, writer, poet and critic
- Richard G. Lugar , American politician
- Viktor Orbán , Prime Minister of Hungary
- Robert Payne Smith , English theologian and Dean of Canterbury
- John Pym , English lawyer and politician
- Radosław Sikorski , Polish political scientist and historian, politician and journalist
- James Smithson , British mineralogist and chemist
- Richard Sorabji , historian of philosophy
- Arnold Toynbee , British economist and economic historian
- Honeysuckle Weeks , British actress
- George Whitefield , English clergyman
Eminent former professors
- Simon Blackburn
- Robin George Collingwood
- John Eekelaar ( FBA )
- Charles Harding Firth
- William Conyngham Greene
- Malcolm R. Godden
- Alexander Kacelnik
- Peter J. King
- Martha Klein
- Sir John Richard Krebs ( FRS )
- Theo Maarten van Lint
- Robert Reynolds Macintosh
- I. James McMullen ( FBA )
- Naci Mehmet
- Edward Moore
- George Rolleston
- Francesca Stavrakopoulou
- JRR Tolkien , British writer and philologist, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925 to 1945, then Professor of English
- Callistus goods
- Robin Wilson
- Michael Winterbottom
- Charles Leslie Wrenn , 1945 to 1963 Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Important past Masters
- 1624–1647: Thomas Clayton (MP)
- 1955–1968: Ronald Buchanan McCallum
- 1985-1993: Roger Bannister
- 1993-2001: Robert Bocking Stevens
- 2001-2013: Giles Henderson
- from 2013: Lynne Brindley
Web links
- Pembroke collage Oxford Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Student Statistics - College Breakdown. University of Oxford , 2019, accessed June 22, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ Pembroke College: Annual Report and Financial Statements: Year ended 31 July 2019 (PDF)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 1 ° 15 ′ 28 ″ W.