Lincoln College (fully: A College of the Blessed Mary & Completely Saints, Lincoln) is one of a constitutive colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. These are placed in the super centre of Oxford, prevaricatiin on Turl Street next to Exeter and backing onto Brasenose.

History
the College has a majestic history dating back to its foundation around 1427 by Richard Fleming, then-Bishop of Lincoln, (cadaver tomb in Lincoln Cathedral) to combat the Lollard 'heresy' of John Wyclif. He meant it to become 'a bit college of avowedly students of theology world health organization would defend a mysteries of Scripture against people ignorant laymen world health organization profaned sustaining swinish snouts its virtually all holy pearls'.

Ascribable deficient endowment, still, a College seems simply to keep around survived to a higher degree two or three deacdes thanks to the openhandedness of another Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas Rotherham, who profits re-founded it in the 1470s.

In the 18th century Lincoln became the cradle of Methodism when John Wesley, at that time the fellow there, held religious meetings by owning his brother Charles.

Late it was the 1st college to admit a Jewish fellow, the philosopher Samuel Alexander (appointed 1882).

Within extra recent days, a College has proved itself remarkably reaffiliation & forward-thinking. the number 1 college inside Oxford or even Cambridge to provide a Middle Common Room exclusively for a use of postgraduate, Lincoln has admitted women since the Seventies. It systematically performs swell in the Norrington Table & its students take part inside the wide range of university-wide clubs and societies.

Architecture

the college is personal to a chapel in late perpendicular architecture. A chapel was built between 1629 and 1631. A college's library is in the born-again 18th century church of Tons Saints.

Junior Common Room

Due to Lincoln's little totals & tightly-knit community, its Junior Common Room (JCR) plays a greater role inside student life than clean a JCRs of virtually all more colleges. JCR elections, held annually inside Trinity Term, attract one of a greatest turnouts of any Oxford college.

A JCR is redo by an Exec of nine officers, headed per President. A JCR President for 2005-6 is Oliver Munn. His predecessors include Alasdair Henderson (200Four-Five), Mairi Brewis (200Three-4) & Phil Bownes (2002-3). JCR meetings come held twice the term.

[http://www.lincolnjcr.com/ JCR website]

Notable former students

The supplementary complete listings is available here.

Peter Ainsworth - MP for East Surrey Bill Cash - MP for Stone Steph Cook - modern pentathlete and Olympic gold medallist Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel - writer and cartoonist J.A. Hobson (1858-1940) - Liberal thinker and political theorist John Le Carre - author Emily Mortimer - actress Tom Paulin - poet Jamie Shea - NATO spokesman William Sholto Douglas (1893-1969) - pilot and WWII military commander Sir John Stanley - MP for Tonbridge and Malling Edward Thomas (1878-1917) - poet

Academics/Teachers
Edward Abraham (Sir Edward) (Fellow 1948-1999) Peter Atkins (Fellow 1965-) Howard Florey(Lord Florey) (Fellow 1934-1962) Susan Greenfield (Fellow 1985-) Norman Heatley (Fellow 1948-1978, Supernumerary Fellow 1978-2004) Mark Pattison (Fellow 1839-1884, Rector 1861-1884) John Potter (Fellow 1694-1747) John Radcliffe (Fellow 1670-1675) Nevil Sidgwick (Fellow 1901-1958) John Wesley - theologian and founder of methodism Vivian H.H. Green (Fellow 1951-2005, Minister 1983-1987) Nick The. Jelley (Fellow 1976-) Neil F. Johnson