St Edmund Hall

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St Edmund Hall
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founding c. 1278
Sponsorship University of Oxford
place Oxford , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Principal Kathy Willis
Students 408 (Dec. 2014)
Postgraduates : 248 (Dec. 2014)
Annual budget £ 89.0 million (2019)
Website www.seh.ox.ac.uk
St Edmund Hall

The St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England . Within the university, it is better known by its nickname Teddy Hall . The college claims to be "the oldest academic society for student education within the university". In 2007 St Edmund Hall had an estimated foundation value of £ 39 million  .

history

As with Oxford University itself, the exact founding date of St Edmund Hall is unknown. It was probably founded around 1278. The college is named after Saint Edmund of Abingdon , the first known Oxford Master of Arts and the first Oxford Archbishop of Canterbury . He lived and taught in college.

St Edmund Hall began life as one of Oxford's classic Aularian houses . These medieval halls formed the forerunners of the university. St Edmund is the only remaining medieval hall; his relatives are known as "Aularians". St Edmund Hall was given college status in 1957 but retained the historic name "Hall".

The college stands in the tradition of independent thought - a circumstance that has regularly brought it into conflict with church and state. During the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries it was a bastion of the Wyclif followers, for which the college principal William Taylor , a lollard , was finally burned on a stake and the principal Peter Payne had to flee to the country. In the 17th century, the college drew the wrath of the crown for favoring the "nonjurors". The Nonjurors were men who remained loyal to the Scottish House of Stuart and refused to take an oath on the German House of Hanover .

College colors

Like most academic institutions in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, Oxbridge colleges commonly use a typical color scheme for t-shirts, scarves, ties, sportswear, etc. There is currently a great deal of confusion about the official college colors of the college, presumably due to the inconsistency between the "official college clothing" and sportswear has been purchased. The college's official colors are "claret and cream". Although not explicitly stated on the college's official website, the College Memorabilia Section, it does use colors for the purposes of merchandising and group membership of college members.

In the vast majority of sportswear, however, maroon and gold are often used as substitutes for “wine red and cream”. This has naturally led many people to believe that these are the college colors. The confusion may also be due to the fact that the college's coat of arms features a yellow / gold field.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. This sculpture is located above the entrance to Porters' Lodge .

The college's coat of arms shows a “Red Cross Fleury” on a money / gold field, surrounded by four Cornish Choughs .

In the picture on the right the college coat of arms is shown, which is located above the following Latin dedication: " sanctus edmundus huius aulae lux ", which can be roughly translated as " St Edmund, light of this hall ".

It is a very common practice within the university to use chronograms for dedications. When translated into Latin, they are written so that an important date, usually that of a foundation or of the initiation itself, is embedded in the text. This is usually determined by selecting certain letters in the text that correspond to Roman numerals . If you then add them up, they result in the date you are looking for. These digits are then displayed one number larger than the surrounding letters.

In the dedication mentioned above, the text is reproduced as

sanCtVs edMVndVs hVIVs aVLae LVX

and in this case the numbers add up:

C + V + M + V + V + V + I + V + V + L + L + V + X = 1246

This would be an approximate estimate for the founding of the hall. In reality, however, it is the date of the canonization of St. Edmund of Abingdon.

Locations and buildings

St Edmund of Abingdon
The Church of St Peter-in-the-East - now the College Library

St Edmund Hall is on Queen's Lane, north of the High Street . The front college courtyard (front quad, see picture) is built around a medieval fountain. It is surrounded by the gate ( Porters' Lodge ), the old dining room (1659), the College Bar and Buttery (with a fireplace from the mid-15th century), the chapel with the old library (late 17th century), as well several accommodations for students and lecturers. From the front quad there are passages to the modern buildings, which are named after the principals John Kelly and AB Emden. The large modern dining room and other accommodation for the students are located here. In the adjacent church garden (St. Peter's Churchyard) is the college library in the former church of St. Peter in the East (12th century). In the garden there is also a seated bronze statue of St. Edmund as an ascetic theologian with a book and a cross. Outside of this historic complex, the college also has outbuildings at Norham Gardens , Dawson Street and Iffley Road .

students life

The student body has long been known for their skills in sports , particularly rugby . In the 2008 Hilary Term, the college team won the rugby final against Keble College . It has also shown particular strengths in journalism , drama , mathematics , and student politics. In 2007, the college set up a team in the University Challenge that achieved one of the top three game results in the first round.

Since 1979, the college has accepted male students as well as female students and gradually female lecturers. As a result, 3,000 female students had enrolled by October 2015, and currently around half of the students are female. The college has also been in the hands of a professor since 2018.

Grace at college

The common grace at college in front of the Formal Hall (dinner) is Benedictus, Benedicat per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum (This (food) is blessed by Jesus Christ our Lord), to which those present respond with Amen .

Personalities associated with college

Well-known graduates

Other notable people

literature

  • Cowdrey, HEJ (1988) St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane , In: Hibbert, C. (Ed.) The encyclopædia of Oxford , London: Macmillan, pp. 388-391, ISBN 0-333-39917-X . Reproduced online by St Edmund Hall
  • Emden, AB (1927) An Oxford Hall in Medieval Times: being the Early History of St. Edmund Hall , Oxford: Clarendon Press , Reprinted 1968
  • Kelly, JND (1989) St. Edmund Hall: Almost Seven Hundred Years , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-951559-X

Web links

Commons : St Edmund Hall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b University of Oxford (2008) St Edmund Hall - Admissions ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ox.ac.uk
  2. ↑ http://www.ox.ac.uk/about/facts-and-figures/student-numbers
  3. ↑ St Edmund Hall: Annual Report and Financial Statements: Year ended 31 July 2019 (PDF)
  4. ↑ Cowdrey (1988); p. 388, referencing AB Emden who in his 1927 (p. 236) work states: “... and St. Edmund Hall now survives as the last lineal descendent of the oldest form of academical society designed for the residence of scholars studying in the Oxford Schools. "
  5. ^ St Edmund Hall (2007) The College: Published Accounts
  6. ^ Celebrating 3000 Women at St Edmund Hall. Retrieved April 6, 2020 (UK English).
  7. ^ Professor Katherine Willis | Principal. Retrieved April 6, 2020 (UK English).


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