This is a list of the founders of English schools, colleges, and universities.
Further information: Colleges of the University of Oxford |
Colleges of the University of Oxford were founded by:
Further information: Colleges of the University of Cambridge |
Colleges of the University of Cambridge were founded by:
Founder | College | Year of foundation |
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Hugh de Balsham | Peterhouse | 1284 |
Margaret of Anjou | Queens' College | 1448 |
Elizabeth Woodville | Queens' College | 1465 (refounded) |
John Alcock | Jesus College | 1496 |
Lady Margaret Beaufort | Christ's College | 1505 |
Lady Margaret Beaufort & St John Fisher | St John's College | 1511 |
Thomas Audley | Magdalene College | 1542 (refounded) |
King Henry VIII | Trinity College | 1546 |
John Caius | Gonville and Caius College | 1557 (refounded) |
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex | Sidney Sussex College | 1596 |
Emily Davies Barbara Bodichon Lady Stanley of Alderley |
Girton College | 1869 |
15th Duke of Norfolk | St Edmund's House, later College | 1896 |
English schools were founded by: