Lincoln College, Oxford
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| University | Oxford |
| Location | Turl Street |
| Coordinates | 51°45′12″N 1°15′21″W / 51.75326°N 1.255905°WCoordinates: 51°45′12″N 1°15′21″W / 51.75326°N 1.255905°W |
| Full name | The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln |
| Latin name | Collegium Lincolniense |
| Established | 1427 |
| Named for | Richard Fleming (Bishop of Lincoln) |
| Sister college | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Rector | Prof. Henry Woudhuysen |
| Undergraduates | 308 (2011/2012) |
| Postgraduates | 299 |
| Website | www |
| Boat club | Boat Club website |
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 Location in Oxford city centre
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Lincoln College (in full: The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, then Bishop of Lincoln. It is the ninth oldest of Oxford University's extant colleges.
As of 2014, it has a financial endowment of £88 million. Notable alumni include John Radcliffe, Howard Florey, Edward Abraham, Norman Heatley, Nevil Sidgwick, John Wesley, John le Carré, Rachel Maddow and Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Philip May, husband of Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, also attended Lincoln College, during which time he was president of the Oxford Union. Roland Berrill, an Australian barrister, and Dr. Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, founded Mensa at Lincoln College in 1946.
Richard Fleming founded the College in order to combat the Lollard teachings of John Wyclif. He intended it to be "a little college of true students of theology who would defend the mysteries of Scripture against those ignorant laymen who profaned with swinish snouts its most holy pearls".. To this end, he obtained a charter for the College from King Henry VI, which combined the parishes of All Saints, St. Michael's at the North Gate, and St. Mildred's within the College under a rector. The College now uses All Saints Church as its library and has strong ties with St Michael's Church at the North Gate, having used it as a stand-in for the College chapel when necessary.
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