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unusual facts about Worcester College


Daniel Press

Henry Daniel began printing in 1845, when still a schoolboy, at Frome in Somerset, and he continued to print books and ephemera well into the twentieth century, latterly at Oxford where he ultimately became Provost of Worcester College.


Isis Lock

To the east over the Oxford Canal are the grounds of Worcester College, one of the colleges of Oxford University.

Jean Aitchison

Jean Aitchison (born Jean Margaret Aitchison, 1938) is a Professor of Language and Communication in the Faculty of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.

Marcus Berkmann

Educated at Highgate School and Worcester College, Oxford, he began his career as a freelance journalist, contributing to computer and gaming magazines such as Your Sinclair.

Marcus Lloyd

Having attended a local comprehensive school, he went on to study Physics at Worcester College, Oxford and drama writing with playwright Bernard Kops while supporting himself working in the cloakroom of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Pullens Lane

Pullen's Gate (previously known as Brockless Cottage and Brockleaze), formerly owned by Francis John Lys (1863–1947), Provost of Worcester College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.

Richard Greswell

Greswell was born at Denton, Lancashire, on 22 July 1800, the fourth son of the Rev. William Parr Greswell, was educated first by his father, and afterwards at Worcester College, Oxford, on the foundation of which college he was placed on 1 June 1818.


see also

Francis Reynolds

Reynolds was educated at Winchester and Worcester College, Oxford and was admitted to the Bar of the Inner Temple.

Rama Musa

Musa also studied Economics under Richard Smethurst, former provost of Worcester College, University of Oxford.