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UNIVERSITIES

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
The early history of the university is obscure. There was a school at Oxford as early as 1115 and it is known that Robert Pullen, a theologian from Paris, lectured there in 1133. Allusions to Oxford as the most celebrated centre of learning in England occurred in a work of Gerald of Wales in 1184-5.
The earliest were:

1249 University College

1263 Balliol

1264 Merton

In 1571 the university was re-organised and granted a Charter of Incorporation by an Act of Elizabeth.
Other colleges and halls with their dates of foundation include:

1270 St Edmund Hall

1314 Exeter

1326 Oriel

1340 Queens

1379 New College

1427 Lincoln

1438 All Souls

1458 Magdalen

1509 Brasenose

1517 Corpus Christi

1546 Christ Church

1554 Trinity

1555 St John's

1571 Jesus

1612 Wadham

1624 Pembroke

1714 Worcester

1868 Keble

1874 Hertford

1886 Mansfield

1929 St Peter's

1937 Nuffield

1950 St Anthony's

1953 Greyfriars Hall

1958 Regent's Park

1962 Linacre

1962 St Catherine's

1962 Campion Hall

1964 St Bennet's Hall

1965 St Cross

1965 Wolfson

1990 Harris Manchester College

1990 Kellog College (Rewley House)

Original Women's colleges:

1878 Lady Margaret Hall

1879 Somerville

1886 St Hugh's

1893 St Hilda's

1952 St Anne's

Women were not admitted to degrees (though allowed to sit for examination) till 1920. The last college to admit women is St Hilda's. Construction of a new Oxford American Institute began in 1998.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
The university had a sufficiently good reputation to attract Oxford students in 1209, when lecturers at their own university were suspended. In 1226 it had a Chancellor who was recognised by the King and Pope. Like Oxford, it was re-organised in 1571 and granted a Charter of Incorporation by an Act of Elizabeth.
The colleges with their dates of foundation are:

1284 Porterhouse

1326 Clare

1347 Pembroke

1348 Gonville and Caius

1350 Trinity Hall

1352 Corpus Christi

1441 King's

1448 Queen's

1473 St Catherine's

1496 Jesus

1505 Christ's

1511 St John's

1542 Magdalene

1546 Trinity

1584 Emmanuel

1596 Sidney Sussex

1800 Downing

1882 Selwyn

1896 St Edmund's House

1960 Churchill

1964 Darwin

1965 Wolfson

1966 Clare Hall

1966 Fitzwilliam

1977 Robinson

The women's colleges are:

1824 Homerton

1869 Girton

1871 Newnham

1885 Hughes Hall (Cambridge T.C.)

1954 New Hall

1956 Lucy Cavendish College

Women students were admitted to degrees (though not allowed to sir for examination) in 1920, and to full membership of the University in 1948. Newnham and New Hall still remain as all-women colleges.

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY The early history of the university is obscure. There was a school at Oxford as early as 1115 and it is known that Robert Pullen, a theologian from Paris, lectured there in 1133. Allusions to Oxford as the most celebrated centre of learning in England occurred in a work of Gerald of Wales in 1184-5. The earliest were:
	1249	University College
	1263	Balliol
	1264	Merton
In 1571 the university was re-organised and granted a Charter of Incorporation by an Act of Elizabeth. Other colleges and halls with their dates of foundation include:
	1270	St Edmund Hall
	1314	Exeter
	1326	Oriel
	1340	Queens
	1379	New College
	1427	Lincoln
	1438	All Souls
	1458	Magdalen
	1509	Brasenose
	1517	Corpus Christi
	1546	Christ Church
	1554	Trinity
	1555	St John's
	1571	Jesus
	1612	Wadham
	1624	Pembroke
	1714	Worcester
	1868	Keble
	1874	Hertford
	1886	Mansfield
	1929	St Peter's
	1937	Nuffield
	1950	St Anthony's
	1953	Greyfriars Hall
	1958	Regent's Park
	1962	Linacre
	1962	St Catherine's
	1962	Campion Hall
	1964	St Bennet's Hall
	1965	St Cross
	1965	Wolfson
	1990	Harris Manchester College
	1990	Kellog College (Rewley House)
Original Women's colleges:
	1878	Lady Margaret Hall
	1879	Somerville
	1886	St Hugh's
	1893	St Hilda's
	1952	St Anne's
Women were not admitted to degrees (though allowed to sit for examination) till 1920. The last college to admit women is St Hilda's. Construction of a new Oxford American Institute began in 1998.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY The university had a sufficiently good reputation to attract Oxford students in 1209, when lecturers at their own university were suspended. In 1226 it had a Chancellor who was recognised by the King and Pope. Like Oxford, it was re-organised in 1571 and granted a Charter of Incorporation by an Act of Elizabeth. The colleges with their dates of foundation are:
	1284	Porterhouse
	1326	Clare
	1347	Pembroke
	1348	Gonville and Caius
	1350	Trinity Hall
	1352	Corpus Christi
	1441	King's
	1448	Queen's
	1473	St Catherine's
	1496	Jesus
	1505	Christ's
	1511	St John's
	1542	Magdalene
	1546	Trinity
	1584	Emmanuel
	1596	Sidney Sussex
	1800	Downing
	1882	Selwyn
	1896	St Edmund's House
	1960	Churchill
	1964	Darwin
	1965	Wolfson
	1966	Clare Hall
	1966	Fitzwilliam
	1977	Robinson
The women's colleges are:
	1824	Homerton
	1869	Girton
	1871	Newnham
	1885	Hughes Hall (Cambridge T.C.)
	1954	New Hall
	1956	Lucy Cavendish College
Women students were admitted to degrees (though not allowed to sir for examination) in 1920, and to full membership of the University in 1948. Newnham and New Hall still remain as all-women colleges.