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1. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › oxonWadham College - British History Online

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   Oct 16, 2024 · WADHAM COLLEGE Circumstances Of The Foundation. Nicholas Wadham, the founder of this college, was born in 1532 of a good Somerset family of Merifield, near Ilminster, and was educated at Oxford, at either Corpus Christi or Christ Church.

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   It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, according to the will of her late husband Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Devon and Somerset family.

3. www.wadham.ox.ac.uk › about › history-archivesHistory & Archives - Wadham College, Oxford

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   History in Brief. Wadham College was founded in 1610 in the reign of King James I by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham. Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Somerset family, died in 1609 leaving his fortune to endow a college at Oxford.

4. www.oxocn.org.uk › colleges › wadham-collegeWadham College - oxocn.org.uk

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   Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I.

5. www.wadham.ox.ac.uk › about › buildings-gardensBuildings and architecture - Wadham College, Oxford

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   Buildings and architecture. Wadham’s architectural heritage spans a variety of building styles from the classical Oxford Gothic of the original buildings to the contemporary lines of the new Undergraduate Centre. Statues of the founders, Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham seen through the College entrance.

6. www.architectsjournal.co.uk › buildings › reflectingReflecting on Wadham: AL_A’s access and undergraduate centres ...

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   May 21, 2021 · Amanda Levete Architects’ combined Access Centre and Undergraduate Centre updates a historic quadrangle on the campus with an exceptionally considered façade treatment, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Hufton + Crow and John Cairns.

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   Who founded Wadham College?

   • Wadham College was founded in 1610 in the reign of King James I by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham. Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Somerset family, died in 1609 leaving his fortune to endow a college at Oxford. The hard work of translating intentions into reality fell on his widow, Dorothy, a formidable woman of 75.

   History & Archives - Wadham College, Oxford

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   Where is Wadham College?

   • It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, according to the will of her late husband Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Devon and Somerset family.

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   Who was Nicholas Wadham?

   • Nicholas Wadham, the founder of this college, was born in 1532 of a good Somerset family of Merifield, near Ilminster, and was educated at Oxford, at either Corpus Christi or Christ Church. (fn. 1) In 1555 he married Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Petre of Writtle, Essex, and in 1578 succeeded his father.

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   What is Wadham known for?

   • Wadham’s architectural heritage spans a variety of building styles from the classical Oxford Gothic of the original buildings to the contemporary lines of the new Undergraduate Centre. Statues of the founders, Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham seen through the College entrance The Holywell Music room - Europe's first purpose built music room.

   Buildings and architecture - Wadham College, Oxford

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   When was Wadham library built?

   • Designed by Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, Wadham Library, a glass and concrete building with lead roof, was built in the 1970s and officially opened in July 1976. Situated to the rear of the College site, the Bowra Building, designed by MacCormac, Jamieson & Pritchard, opened in 1992.

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   What can you do at Wadham College?

   • In common with many Oxford colleges, Wadham has produced a wide range of graduates in the fields of economics, history, law, physiology, medicine, management, humanities, mathematics, science, technology, media, philosophy, poetry, politics and religion who have contributed significantly to public life.

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8. www.jstor.org › stable › 3491127A Woman in the Public Sphere; Dorothy Wadham and the ...

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   One such case is that of Dorothy Wadham, entrusted by her husband Nicholas Wadham on his deathbed in 1609 with carrying through his ill-formulated design for the foundation of a college at Oxford. The responsibility for the actual foundation fell entirely on Dorothy, and both husband and wife were officially designated as 'founders'. She left