Exeter College | ||||||||||||
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University of Oxford | ||||||||||||
Location | Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DP | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°45′14″N 1°15′22″W / 51.753871°N 1.256046°W | |||||||||||
Full name | The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford | |||||||||||
Latin name | Collegium Exoniense | |||||||||||
Motto | Latin: Floreat Exon (Let Exeter Flourish) | |||||||||||
Established | 1314 | |||||||||||
Named for | Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter | |||||||||||
Previous names | Stapeldon Hall | |||||||||||
Sister college | Emmanuel College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
Rector | Dr Andrew Roe | |||||||||||
Undergraduates | 375[1] (2021/2022) | |||||||||||
Postgraduates | 275[1] (2021/2022) | |||||||||||
Visiting students | 25[1] (2021/2022) | |||||||||||
Fellows | 56[2] (2022/2023) | |||||||||||
Endowment | £86.7 million (2022)[3] | |||||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||||
JCR | JCR | |||||||||||
MCR | MCR | |||||||||||
Boat club | Exeter College Boat Club | |||||||||||
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Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford[4] in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university.
The college was founded in 1314 by two brothers from Devon, Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315.[5] At its foundation Exeter was popular with sons of the Devon gentry, though it has since become associated with a much broader range of notable alumni, including Raymond Raikes, William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, Richard Burton, Roger Bannister, Alan Bennett, and Philip Pullman.