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Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Balliol College
Phone:
+44 1865 277777

Address:
Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BJ, England

Balliol College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded in around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a rich landowner from Barnard's Castle in County Durham, who provided the foundation and endowment for the college. When de Balliol died in 1269 his widow, Dervorguilla, a woman whose wealth far exceeded that of her husband, continued his work in setting up the college, providing a further endowment, and writing the statutes. She is considered a co‑founder of the college.Among the college's alumni are three former prime ministers , Harald V of Norway, five Nobel laureates, and numerous literary and philosophical figures, including Adam Smith, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Aldous Huxley. John Wycliffe, who translated the Bible into English, was Master of the college in the 1360s.In 2012 Balliol had an endowment of £62.5m.
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