Wolfson College (Oxford)
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The Wolfson College in Oxford is the largest Graduate College of the University of Oxford . The 1960s buildings are picturesquely located north of the city, on the banks of the Cherwell River, on a side street off Banbury Road. Originally founded as Iffley College in 1965, the institute was renamed the following year after Sir Isaac Wolfson, who had made a substantial donation to the college.
Wolfson's egalitarian approach, which goes back to its founding president Isaiah Berlin , is remarkable .
Unlike at other colleges, where members are divided into Senior Common Room (lecturers), Middle Common Room (graduates) and Junior Common Room (undergraduate students), all members have equal voting rights in Wolfson.
As a graduate college, the disciplines are very mixed and the college has a large proportion of international students.
Former students
Natural sciences
- Alison Gopnik , US professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley
- Nigel Hitchin , English mathematician specializing in differential geometry , algebraic geometry and mathematical physics
- Artur Ekert , Polish-British quantum computer science physicist
- Richard Ellis , British astronomer and professor at the California Institute of Technology
- James R. Norris , British mathematician for Stochastics
- Nicolaas Adrianus Rupke , Dutch historian of science
law Sciences
History and literature
- Josef W. Meri , American scholar in the field of premodern Islamic history and culture and dialogue between religions
- Iain Pears , English art historian and writer
Well-known teachers and professors (former and current)
- Isaiah Berlin , Russian - British political philosopher and historian of ideas
- William Bradshaw , British politician ( Liberal Democrats ) and university teachers
- Donald Broadbent , British psychologist
- Amit Chaudhuri , Indian writer and musician
- Anthony Epstein , British virologist
- Robin Gandy , British logician
- Tony Hoare , British computer scientist
- Fania Oz-Salzberger , Israeli historian
- Erich Segal , American literary scholar , bestselling writer and screenwriter
- Bryan Sykes , British Professor of Human Genetics
- Nikolaas Tinbergen , Dutch ethologist
- Geza Vermes , British religious scholar , theologian and orientalist
President
- Isaiah Berlin , 1967-1975
- Henry Fisher , 1975-85
- Raymond Hoffenberg , 1985-93
- Jim Kennedy , 1993-1994
- David Smith , 1994-2000
- Jon Stallworthy , in 2000
- Gareth Roberts , 2000-2007
- Jon Stallworthy , 2007-2008
- Hermione Lee , 2008-2017
- Tim Hitchens , since 2018
Web links
- Wolfson College (English)
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