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11 unusual facts about Magdalen College


Croft, Lincolnshire

A further (ashlar) monument is to William Bonde (d.1559), erected by his son Nicholas, President of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Edward Hawarden

In 1688, having taken the bachelor's degree at the University of Douai, he spent two months as tutor of divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford, which James II of England purposed making a seat of Catholic education.

James Kenber

Kenber, formerly a student at Millfield public school, read Mathematics at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Jocelyn Benson

She subsequently earned her Master's in Sociology as a Marshall Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom, conducting research into the sociological implications of white supremacy and neo-Nazism.

John Chessell Buckler

Buckler did a lot of work in Oxford, carrying out repairs and additions to St. Mary's Church, and Oriel, Brasenose, Magdalen, and Jesus Colleges.

In 1823 he published Observations on the Original Architecture of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, which was hostile towards changes in the quadrangle of Magdalen College.

Penny Rimbaud

Rather than joining the ranks of the unemployed, he elected to study philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, before quickly realising that, in his own words, 'Oxford wasn't about learning, but about a peculiarly unpleasant form of class indoctrination'.

R. B. Freeman

Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (1935-8), he received his BA in 1938 (First Class honors in Zoology) and MA in 1950.

St Botolph's Church, Botolphs

Most of the priory's holdings, including the advowson, were transferred to Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in the late 15th century, and except for a few years from 1475 this institution nominated the rector until 1953, when the right of presentation was voluntarily surrendered to the Bishop of Chichester.

Theodore Aylward

He was recommended to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral by Walter Parratt (then Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford) after stringent competition, and was therefore appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral.

Ysgol David Hughes

1561, who entered Gray's Inn from Magdalen College, Oxford, 28 January 1583 (Foster, Alumni. Oxon.; Gray's Inn Admission Register, 28 Jan 1582-3), but another account of him, claiming to be based on sources not now available, suggests that he was born about 1536 and received no university education.


Aelred Sillem

Sillem was educated at Haileybury and Magdalen College, Oxford, and received the habit at the Benedictine abbey of St Gregory, Downside, in 1929.

Chandan Mitra

In 1984 he was awarded a Radical Islam and the Nuclear Bom degree at Oxford University, where he was a member of Magdalen College, for the thesis "Political mobilisation and the nationalism movement in India – a study of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, 1936-1942" written under supervision of the noted Indian historian Dr Tapan Raychaudhuri.

Edmund Marshall

Marshall was educated at Humberstone Foundation School (also known as Clee Grammar School for Boys and became the comprehensive Matthew Humberstone School in September 1973) on Clee Road in Old Clee, Cleethorpes, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took double first class honours in mathematics and was awarded a University Junior Mathematical Prize in 1961.

Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther

The youngest of the three brothers, Donald Ineson, obtained a first in natural science at Magdalen College, Oxford and became an associate editor at the BMJ.

Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby

On 12 March 1622 he conveyed to the university of Oxford five acres of land, opposite Magdalen College, which had formerly served as a Jewish cemetery, for the encouragement of the study of physic and botany.

Herbert Mackworth

He was the son of Sir Humphrey Mackworth of Gnoll, Glamorganshire, MP for Cardiganshire and was educated at Westminster School, Magdalen College, Oxford and the Inner Temple.

Johnnie Stewart

Born in Tonbridge, Kent, Stewart was the son of Dr Haldane Campbell Stewart, who was also musical but in a different sphere - he was organist and choirmaster at Magdalen College, Oxford, the director of music at the Tonbridge School, Kent, and also notable as a cricketer on the Kent County Cricket Team.

Jonathan Keates

Keates was educated at Bryanston School and went on to read for his undergraduate degree at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Larry Siedentop

His further education included a DPhil degree on the thought of Joseph de Maistre and Maine de Biran at Magdalen College, Oxford, under the supervision of Sir Isaiah Berlin.

Magdalen papyrus

The "Magdalen" papyrus was purchased in Luxor, Egypt in 1901 by Reverend Charles Bousfield Huleatt (1863–1908), who identified the Greek fragments as portions of the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 26:23 and 31) and presented them to Magdalen College, Oxford, where they are cataloged as P. Magdalen Greek 17 (Gregory-Aland \mathfrak{P}64) and whence they have their name.

Maurice Peterson

He was educated at Rugby School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a first class degree in modern history.

Oleg Polunin

Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, Oleg Polunin taught at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey, for over 30 years, later devoting his time to writing popular and authoritative guides to the flora of Europe and the Himalaya.

Robert Kee

He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, and read history at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a pupil, then a friend, of the historian A.J.P. Taylor.

Stephen Bicknell

In 1986, he collaborated with his architect brother Julian Bicknell on the casework of the organ at Magdalen College, Oxford.

William Whately

Whately married Martha, daughter of George Hunt, fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and for 51 years rector of Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire.