A list of alumni of University College, Oxford. University College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics. The overwhelming maleness of this list is partially explained by the fact that for over 95% of its history (from its foundation in 1249 until 1979), women were barred from studying at University College.
Alumni
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The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category.
- Abbreviations used in the following tables
- M â€" Year of matriculation at University College (a dash indicates that the individual did not matriculate at the college)
- G â€" Year of graduation / conclusion of study at University College (a dash indicates that the individual graduated from another college)
- DNG â€" Did not graduate: left the college without taking a degree
- ? â€" Year unknown; an approximate year is used for table-sorting purposes.
- (F) after name â€" later became a Fellow of University College, and included on the list of Fellows
- (HF) after name â€" later became an Honorary Fellow of University College
- Degree abbreviations
- Undergraduate degree: BA â€" Bachelor of Arts
- Postgraduate degrees:
The subject studied and the degree classification are included, where known. Until the early 19th century, undergraduates read for a Bachelor of Arts degree that included study of Latin and Greek texts, mathematics, geometry, philosophy and theology. Individual subjects at undergraduate level were only introduced later: for example, Mathematics (1805), Natural Science (1850), Jurisprudence (1851, although it had been available before this to students who obtained special permission), Modern History (1851) and Theology (1871). Geography and Modern Languages were introduced in the 20th century. Music had been available as a specialist subject before these changes; medicine was studied as a post-graduate subject.
Politicians and civil servants
- Lord Butler of Brockwell, civil servant, college master
- Josh Frydenberg, Australian politician
Clergy
- George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (1611â€"33)
- Charles Boyd, Archdeacon of Colombo (1891-1901)
- Richard Fleming, bishop of Lincoln (1420â€"31)
- George Horne, bishop of Norwich (1790â€"92)
- Tom Longworth, bishop of Pontefract 1939â€"49, bishop of Hereford 1949â€"61
- Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (1606â€"28)
- Malcolm Menin, bishop of Knaresborough 1986â€"97
- Peter Mumford, bishop of Hertford 1974â€"81, bishop of Truro 1981â€"89
- Richard Godfrey Parsons, bishop of Middleton 1927â€"32, bishop of Southwark 1932â€"41, bishop of Hereford 1942â€"48
- Herbert Sidney Pelham, bishop of Barrow-in-Furness 1926â€"1944
- John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1737â€"47)
- Grandage Edwards Powell, bishop of Penrith 1939-44
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster 1863-81, Rector of St Andrews 1874-77
- Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark 2011â€"present, Bishop of Woolwich 2005-2011
Artists and writers
- Edwin Arnold, poet, journalist, translator from Hindi
- Peter Bayley, writer
- W. G. Collingwood, artist
- Maurizio Giuliano, writer, traveller, and United Nations official
- Armando Iannucci, comedian, writer, satirist and radio producer
- Richard Ingrams, co-founder of Private Eye
- Richard Jago, poet
- Gerard Langbaine, biographer
- C. S. Lewis, writer, critic; student there from 1919 to 1923 (originally joined in 1917 but left soon afterwards after being called up for action in the Great War); Philosophy tutor from 1924 to 1925
- Peter McDonald, poet
- Cecil Mercer, novelist
- Andrew Motion, British Poet Laureate
- Neel Mukherjee, novelist
- Shiva Naipaul, novelist and writer
- Sir V. S. Naipaul, writer and Nobel Laureate
- Andrew Robinson, author and former newspaper editor
- Aubrey de Sélincourt, writer and classicist
- Ernest de Sélincourt, literary critic and editor
- William Shawcross, chairman of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, writer
- Desmond Shawe-Taylor, artist
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
- Sophie Solomon, violinist, songwriter and composer
- Charles Sorley, poet
- Stephen Spender, poet and writer
- Mams Taylor, recording artist/songwriter, mixed-martial arts fighter and activist
- Rajiva Wijesinha, writer
- Fabian S. Woodley, poet
Philosophers and theologians
- Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, orientalist and religious thinker
- John Finnis, natural law philosopher, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy
- Mortimer Sellers, American philosopher
- Sir Peter Strawson, philosopher
Broadcasters, journalists and entertainers
- Peter Beinart, The New Republic 1999â€"2006, editor-at-large 2006â€"
- Nick Denton, founder of Gawker media
- Edward Enfield, broadcaster and writer
- Paul Foot, journalist and socialist
- Paul Gambaccini, presenter of and writer on pop music
- Gordon Honeycombe, actor and playwright
- Tom Hooper, Academy Award-winning director
- Aboubakr Jamaï, journalist
- Owen Jones, author and journalist
- Christina Lamb, journalist and author
- Warren Mitchell, actor
- James Owen, writer and journalist
- Nigel Playfair, actor and theatre manager
- Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and composer
- James Ridley, author
- Nick Robinson, journalist and BBC political editor
- Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist
- Peter Sissons, television newsreader
- Philippa Thomas, journalist and BBC reporter
- Alex Thomson, television journalist
- Michael York, actor
- Andy Zaltzman, political comedian
Scientists, inventors and engineers
- Bob Allen, surgeon
Sports people
- Francis Birley, three-time winner of the FA Cup in the 1870s
- Mark Evans, Canadian rower, Olympic Gold Medallist in the 8+, Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
- Michael Evans, Canadian rower, Olympic Gold Medallist in the 8+, Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
- Thomas Gubb, rugby union international, represented Great Britain on 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina
- Nick Mallett, rugby player and coach
- Charles Thomas McMillen, retired NBA professional basketball player, US congressman
- Richard Nerurkar, Olympic athlete
- Acer Nethercott, British coxswain, Olympic silver medallist for GB 8+, Beijing 2008 Olympics
- James Parker, rower
- Tom Solesbury, GB pair, Beijing 2008 Olympics, and GB quad, London 2012 Olympics
- Adrian Stoop, rugby player
- Ralph Williams, cricketer and barrister
Judges and lawyers
- Christian Cole, Inner Temple member and first black graduate of Oxford University
- Kenneth Diplock, judge and Law Lord
- Andrew Edis, judge
- Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- John Dyson Heydon, Justice of the High Court of Australia
- David Hodgson, Australian judge
- Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- Walter Paton (1853â€"1937), English barrister who played for Oxford University in the 1873 FA Cup Final
- Geoffrey Robertson, human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster
- Raymond Wacks, Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory, author
- Sir David Edward KCMG PC QC FRSE, Scottish lawyer and academic, Judge of the European Court of Justice
Other
- William Beveridge, economist
- G.E. Berrios, Professor of the Epistemology of Psychiatry, Cambridge University
- G.G. Bradley, noted Latinist, college master
- Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President, and the former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
- Katharine Ellis, music historian
- David Hatendi, banker, founder of Hatendi Private Equity Advisors, Zimbabwe's first black Rhodes Scholar.
- Michael Hoban, headmaster of Harrow School
- Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin, historian
- Sir William Jones, discoverer of Sanskrit's relationship to Latin and Greek
- Luke McShane, chess Grandmaster
- Monier Monier-Williams, linguist
- Bernard W. Rogers, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
- Bruno Schroder, billionaire banker
- Sir Alan Stewart, founding vice-chancellor of Massey University, New Zealand
- Edward Maunde Thompson, Principal Librarian British Museum 1888â€"98, Director and Principal Librarian 1898â€"1909
- Israel Tonge, conspirator
- Felix Yusupov, participant in the murder of Grigori Rasputin
See also
- Former students of University College
- Fellows of University College, Oxford
- Alumni of University College Players, college dramatic society
References
External links
- Famous alumni, Archive.org
