Brazen Nose College, Oxford
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| Oxford | |
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| Location | Radcliffe Square |
| Coordinates | 51°45′12″N 1°15′17″W / 51.753206°N 1.254731°WCoordinates: 51°45′12″N 1°15′17″W / 51.753206°N 1.254731°W |
| Full name | The King's Hall and College of Brasenose |
| Latin name | Aula regia et collegium aenei nasi |
| Established | 1509 |
| Named for | Bronze door knocker |
| Previous names | Brazen Nose College |
| Sister college | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Principal | John Bowers |
| Undergraduates | 364 (2011/2012) |
| Postgraduates | 205 |
| Website | www |
| Boat club | Brasenose College Boatclub |
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 Location in Oxford city centre
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Brasenose College (BNC), officially The King's Hall and College of Brasenose, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1509, with the college library and current chapel added in the mid-17th century. The College's New Quadrangle was completed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with additional residence areas completed in the 1960s and 1970s.
As of 2012[update], it has a financial endowment of £90 million. For the four degree years 2011/2014, Brasenose averaged 10th in the Norrington Table (an unofficial measure of performance in undergraduate degree examinations).
Brasenose is home to one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, Brasenose College Boat Club.
The history of Brasenose College, Oxford stretches back to 1509, when the college was founded on the site of Brasenose Hall. Its name is believed to derive from the name of a brass or bronze knocker that adorned the hall's door.
The college was associated with Lancashire and Cheshire, the county origins of its two founders – Sir Richard Sutton and the Bishop of Lincoln, William Smyth – a link which was maintained strongly until the latter half of the twentieth century. The first principals navigated Brasenose, with its Catholic sympathisers, through the reformation and continuing religious reforms.
Most of Brasenose favoured the Royalist side during the English Civil War, although it produced notable generals and clergy on both sides.
The library and chapel were completed in the mid-17th century, despite Brasenose suffering continuing money problems.
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