Mansfield College, Oxford facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mansfield College |
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Blazon: Gules an open book proper inscribed DEUS LOCUTUS EST NOBIS IN FILIO in letters sable bound argent edged and clasped or between three cross crosslets or.
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University | Oxford | ||||||||||||
Location | Mansfield Road | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°45′27″N 1°15′10″W / 51.757428°N 1.252876°W | ||||||||||||
Motto | Deus locutus est nobis in filio ("God hath spoken unto us by [his] son", Hebrews 1:1–2) | ||||||||||||
Established | 1838 as Spring Hill College 1886 as Mansfield College |
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Named for | George and Elizabeth Mansfield | ||||||||||||
Architect | Basil Champneys | ||||||||||||
Sister college | Homerton College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
Principal | Helen Mountfield | ||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 239 (2020-2021) | ||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 173 | ||||||||||||
Boat club | Boatclub | ||||||||||||
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Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Oxford in 1886 and was renamed Mansfield College after George Mansfield and his sister Elizabeth. In 1995 a royal charter was awarded giving the institution full college status. The college grounds are located on Mansfield Road, near the centre of Oxford.
As of February 2018, the college comprises 231 undergraduates, 158 graduates, 34 visiting students and 67 fellows and academics.
The principal of the college since 2018 is Helen Mountfield, a barrister and legal scholar.
Images for kids
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Stained glass window in the college chapel, L-R Sir Henry Vane, Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden
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Robert Merrihew Adams, Philosopher
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Chris Bryant, MP