Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College
University of Oxford
Arms: see below
LocationTurl Street, Oxford OX1 3DR
Coordinates51°45′12″N 1°15′21″W / 51.75326°N 1.255905°W / 51.75326; -1.255905
Full nameThe College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln
Latin nameCollegium Lincolniense
Established1427 (1427)
Named forRichard Fleming (Bishop of Lincoln)
Sister collegeDowning College, Cambridge
RectorNigel Clifford
Undergraduates308[1] (2011–12)
Postgraduates299
Endowment£122.4 million (2018)[2]
Websitewww.lincoln.ox.ac.uk
Boat clubBoat Club website
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Lincoln College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Lincoln College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford,[3] situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the then bishop of Lincoln.

Notable alumni include the physician John Radcliffe, the founder of Methodism John Wesley, antibiotics scientists Howard Florey, Edward Abraham, and Norman Heatley, writers Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and David John Moore Cornwell (John le Carré), the journalist Rachel Maddow, former British prime minister Rishi Sunak, Princess Elisabeth of Belgium,[4] and Labour politician Shabana Mahmood. Mensa was founded at Lincoln College in 1946. Lincoln College has one of the oldest working medieval kitchens in the UK.[5]

  1. ^ "Undergraduate numbers by college 2011–12". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Lincoln College : Annual Report and Financial Statements : Year ended 31 July 2018" (PDF). ox.ac.uk. p. 37. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Lincoln College | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Belgian Royal Family park on pavements at Oxford University". www.oxfordmail.co.uk.
  5. ^ "The Kitchen Fund". www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk.

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