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  Lincoln College, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lincoln College (in full: The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
The College was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, then Bishop of Lincoln, (cadaver tomb in Lincoln Cathedral) to combat the Lollard heresy of John Wyclif.
The college chapel is built in late perpendicular style, built between 1629 and 1631.
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 Lincoln College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a constituent college of the University of Oxford - Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is a residential College of the University of Adelaide [1].
In New Zealand Lincoln College was the former name (1961–1990) of Lincoln University, New Zealand.
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 Encyclopedia: Lincoln College, Oxford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Arms of the Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln heads the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.
College name Exeter College Named after Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter Established 1314 Sister College Emmanuel College Rector Ms Frances Cairncross JCR President Emily Pull Undergraduates 299 Graduates 150 Homepage Boatclub Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lincoln-College,-Oxford   (476 words)

  
 RICHARD FLEMING - LoveToKnow Article on RICHARD FLEMING
Lincoln, and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford, was born at Crofton in Yorkshire.
In 142.81429 he attended the councils of Pavia and Siena, and in the presence of the pope, Martin V., made an eloquent speech in vindication of his native country, and in eulogy of the papacy.
Lincoln College was, however, completed by his trustees, and its endowments were afterwards augmented by various benefactors.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FL/FLEMING_RICHARD.htm   (266 words)

  
 The Choir of Lincoln College Oxford
The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary and All Saints, Lincoln, in the University of Oxford’ was founded in 1427 for the study of theology, to train and strengthen priests against heresy.
Lincoln College Choir is widely regarded as one of the finest mixed voice chapel choirs in the University of Oxford.
Lincoln Windows was first performed in Lincoln Cathedral, and the college is proud of its links with the cathedral, city and county of Lincoln.
www.guildmusic.com /artists/lincoln.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Lincoln
Lincoln, one of the smaller colleges in Oxford, combines intimacy with a strong academic tradition.
Lincoln students come from all social and educational backgrounds, and there is a genuine atmosphere of good humour, hard work and mutual support.
The college is strongly committed to the tutorial system, and it lays particular emphasis on teaching students within college, especially in the first year, in order to establish the personal relationships between tutors and students on which Lincoln's strength is based.
www.admissions.ox.ac.uk /colleges/linc.shtml   (456 words)

  
 Oxford University Gazette: Appointments, 18 January 2001
Lincoln College is a community of some forty fellows and tutors, approximately 400 undergraduate and postgraduate students and a domestic and administrative staff of eighty.
Lincoln provides high-quality accommodation, catering and meeting facilities for conferences, and the college is seeking to appoint to the position of Steward an individual who can exploit these opportunities to the full.
The college buildings date from the fifteenth century and are subject to the usual regulations concerning the preservation of buildings of historical importance.
www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/2000-1/weekly/180101/appts/entry_7.htm   (559 words)

  
 Lincoln College - Famous Old Members - Nevil Vincent Sidgwick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was at Oxford that he started to keep a diary, an old red note book in which he would sometimes write in code (only accurately and fully deciphered in 1972).
In 1726 a vacancy became available for a Fellowship at Lincoln College, which at that time was open only to those born in the diocese of Lincoln.
It was whilst at Lincoln that he continued to keep the diary he had begun as an undergraduate.
www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk /famous/wesley   (1432 words)

  
 Lincoln College - The Chapel - The Choir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lincoln College - The Chapel - The Choir
Organ Scholars at Lincoln find themselves at the heart of a thriving musical community, centred on but not restricted to the Lincoln College Choir, now recognised as one of the finest mixed voice chapel choirs in the University of Oxford.
Choral Scholars at Lincoln find themselves at the heart of a thriving musical community, centred on but not restricted to the Lincoln College Choir, now recognised as one of the finest mixed voice chapel choirs in the University of Oxford.
www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk /chapel/scholars   (908 words)

  
 [Philnet] Fwd: JOB: LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD
The College is particularly concerned to provide the teaching of Ethics, Mill’s Utilitarianism, Theory of Politics and Introduction to Political Theory.
Lincoln College is an Equal Opportunities Employer LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD, OX1 3DR STIPENDIARY LECTURERSHIP IN PHILOSOPHY/POLITICAL THEORY FURTHER PARTICULARS Lincoln College invites applications from graduates, either men or women, for a Stipendiary Lecturership in Philosophy and Political Theory, tenable for one year from 1st October 2002 to 30th September 2003.
Applications should be entered on the application form and FIVE copies submitted by Friday 31st May 2002 to the College Secretary, Lincoln College, Oxford OX1 3DR Tel: (+44) (0)1865 279801, Fax: (+44) (0)1865 279802.
lists.ccil.org /pipermail/philnet/2002-May/002315.html   (654 words)

  
 Lincoln College, Oxford University
Lincoln College is built around one of the best preserved quads (central green space) of all Oxford Colleges.
The figure replaces the Devil of Lincoln College, a grotesque carving that literally "lost its head" in a storm.
The hall at Lincoln College is a treasure - the 15th century timber-beamed roof is a lovely example of medieval workmanship in wood.
www.britainexpress.com /cities/oxford/lincoln.htm   (472 words)

  
 The Independent (London, England): Obituary: The Rev V. H. H. Green; Former Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, and one ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Obituary: The Rev V. Green; Former Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, and one of the originals of George Smiley.(Obituaries)
V. GREEN was a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, for over 30 years and its Rector from 1983 to 1987.
For half a century he was something of an Oxford institution - easily recognisable by his taste for multi- patterned shirts, and green or burgundy leather trousers and buckles on his shoes - while he achieved wider celebrity as one of the acknowledged originals of John le Carre's spy George Smiley.
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 Lincoln College
The College Finance and Domestic committee requested that the surveyors office undertake the full refurbishment of staircase 13 in order to provide improved living accommodation for residential undergraduates.
After discussion with the college surveyor, electrician and plumber I established what needed to be achieved in order to facilitate connecting onto the new main services.
Prior to the new proposals being submitted for approval by the college directors, a budget cost for the work was also required.
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 Lincoln College JCR - Constitution
Lincoln College Junior Common Room, henceforth known as the JCR, shall represent and advance the interests of its members to the relevant college authorities with regard to the to the affairs of the university, and shall promote issues of universal importance to students.
The Lincoln College Ball Committee is responsible to the JCR for organising a bi-annual Ball/Event.
The college will provide for the use of the JCR the rooms it occupies on the ground floor of staircases 5 and 6, including heat and lighting, maintenance and refurbishing, the cost of cleaning.
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 Lincoln College : Oxford University Graduate Studies Prospectus 2006/07
Lincoln College, founded in 1427, is in the centre of the city, and close to University libraries and departments.
Married accommodation is extremely limited and the College is unable to accommodate children.
Meals may be taken in College practically throughout the year and separate cooking and laundry facilities are provided in the graduate centre.
www.admin.ox.ac.uk /postgraduate/colleges/linc.shtml   (913 words)

  
 Lincoln College Library
Although Lincoln College Library is open to Lincoln College members only, members of other colleges within the University of Oxford may read the books in the library under exceptional circumstances.
Lincoln College Library aims to support the courses taken by Lincoln College undergraduates and those postgraduates on taught courses.
The Lincoln College Library is a member of OLIS.
www.lib.ox.ac.uk /libraries/guides/LIN.html   (274 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Lincoln College, Oxford)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is situated in the very centre of Oxford, lying on Turl Street next to Exeter (additional info and facts about Exeter) and behind Brasenose (additional info and facts about Brasenose).
Later it was the first college to admit a Jewish (additional info and facts about Jewish) fellow (An informal form of address for a man), the philosopher (A specialist in philosophy) Samuel Alexander (additional info and facts about Samuel Alexander) (appointed 1882).
The college is home to a chapel (A place of worship that has its own altar) in late perpendicular architecture.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/lincoln_college,_oxford.htm   (506 words)

  
 Reporter 18/2/98: Lincoln College, Oxford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lincoln College in association with the Faculty of Modern History invites applications from postdoctoral graduates, either women or men, for a two-year Praelectorship in Eighteenth-century History from 1 October 1998, with the possibility of a further fixed term of two years.
For the College, the Praelector will be required to teach up to twelve hours a week in term, to set and mark collections, and to participate in Admissions.
In the Faculty of Modern History the duties of the Praelector will be to provide up to twelve lectures and classes a year for the Special Subject 'Politics, Reform, and Imperial Crisis, 1774-1785' and the Optional Subject 'Culture, Society, and Politics in England, 1700-1795'.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /reporter/1997-8/weekly/5729/42.html   (211 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Richard Fleming
Bishop of Lincoln and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford; b.
Repyngdon of Lincoln commissioned Fleming, along with the future chancellor of Oxford, William Barrow, to act as his representatives in examining candidates presenting themselves and issuing preaching licenses to suitable preachers at Oxford.
On returning to Lincoln, the bishop began the foundation of Lincoln College, which he intended to be a collegiolum of theologians connected with the three parish churches of St. Mildred, St. Michael, and Allhallows, Oxford.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06101a.htm   (725 words)

  
 GENUKI: Lucton, a description from Littlebury's Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire, 1876-7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Rev. George Herbert Engleheart, B.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, is the curate.
There are apprenticeships, and valuable exhibitions to the universities, viz., four exhibitions of £75 a year, tenable for four years at any college in Oxford or Cambridge, open to the head master's boarders, after two years' residence in the house, provided they are placed on the foundation before their sixteenth birthday.
The head master is the Rev. Arthur Compton Auchmuty, M.A., vicar of Lucton; late scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford; second-class in classics; Newdigate prizeman; and late assistant master at Radley College.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/HEF/Lucton/History1876.html   (474 words)

  
 Oxford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A limited number of suites are available at Lincoln for students with spouses, and there are a limited number of apartments outside of Lincoln for students with families.
Located on the Turl in the center of the city of Oxford, Lincoln is one of the smallest and most beautiful of the Oxford colleges.
In recent years, Oxford classes have, either officially or unofficially, taken excursions to locales associated with the courses, such as the Lake District and Ireland.
www.middlebury.edu /academics/blse/campuses/ox   (312 words)

  
 Lincoln College | Motto & Coat-of-Arms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1953, a year after the opening of the College, the Council adopted as the College motto one strongly recommended by the Master, the Rev. Dr Frank Hambly.
With some modifications suggested by the College of Arms it was accepted and officially granted by that College.
The shield is surrounded by a gold stag, taken from the Arms of Lincoln College, Oxford.
www.adelaide.edu.au /lincoln/about/motto.html   (198 words)

  
 Lincoln College MCR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These pages include a History of Lincoln College, contact information for the MCR Executive and Committee, the comprehensive MCR Guide, and an on-line copy of the MCR constitution.
Lincoln Hall menus in the Hall section are now updated for Week 8.
The photographic montage of Lincoln College is used by permission of the Webmaster of Lincoln College.
www-mcr.linc.ox.ac.uk   (186 words)

  
 Famous alumni - University College, Oxford
1431), bishop of Lincoln and founder of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Royal patronage (he was physician to Princess Anne of Denmark) and other wealthy patients made him extremely rich: a number of Oxford landmarks were built for him or using funds bequeathed by him, including the Radcliffe Camera, the Radcliffe Infirmary, and the Radcliffe Observatory.
He was professor of poetry at Oxford, and published editions of the works of William and Dorothy Wordsworth.
archive.museophile.sbu.ac.uk /ox/univ-col/famous-alumni.html   (796 words)

  
 Reporter 22/7/98: Lincoln College, Oxford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lincoln College invites applications from graduates in Applied Mathematics, who have finished or are in the later stages of their doctorates, for a one year fixed term Stipendiary Lecturership in Applied Mathematics from 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1999.
The broad subject area preferred is Applied Analysis and the lecturer will be required to teach an average of six hours a week during term over the academic year in a wide range of courses in Applied Mathematics.
Further particulars and an application form are available from the Senior Tutor, Lincoln College, Oxford, OX1 3DR (tel.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /reporter/1997-8/weekly/5745/46.html   (152 words)

  
 Oxford University Gazette: Appointments, 12 February 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lincoln College invites applications from postdoctoral graduates or from graduates in the final stages of completing a doctorate for a one-year fixed-term Stipendiary Lectureship in Classical Archaeology, with effect from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005.
Lincoln College proposes to elect a non-stipendiary postdoctoral Research Fellow in the area of Modern Languages, for one year in the first instance, from 1 October 2004.
The fellowship is intended to give someone who has recently finished a doctorate the chance to continue scholarly research in Oxford, together with the possibility of undertaking some undergraduate teaching for the college in the relevant area, for which separate payment will be made at the standard rate.
www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/2003-4/weekly/120204/appts/entry_11.htm   (418 words)

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