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	Merton College, Oxford - Definition, explanation
		Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
		Merton College was founded in 1264 by Walter de Merton Arch Chancellor and Bishop of Rochester.
		Merton was also the first to be conceived as a community of scholars working to achieve academic ends, rather than just a place for the scholars to live in.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/me/merton_college__oxford.php (1472 words)

	A Graduate of Merton College, Oxford
		Merton at Oxford University is among the oldest colleges in the English-speaking world.
		In 1264-1274, the chancellor of England, Walter de Merton, endowed it as a secular institution patterned after higher education in religious orders.
		This painting's background depicts Merton College, including its chapel tower, as seen from Christ Church Meadow; these thirteenth- to fifteenth-century buildings still stand.
	www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg63/gg63-39489.0.html (223 words)

	History
		This figured and grisaille glass was given to the Chapel between 1289 and 1296 by Henry Mansfield, fellow and benefactor of the College.
		Despite the strain on College finances, the late medieval chapel was rich in ornamentation, including a gothic screen and a fine set of vestments and twenty-four copes.
		In the Marian reaction of 1553-8 the College was strongly Catholic, and subsequently attempted to resist Protestant interference in Elizabeth's reign.
	www.mertonchapel.org.uk /history.htm (629 words)

	Simplified Spelling Society : Shortcuts 1483-1660.
		The appointment of Richard FitzJames, master of arts and doctor of theology of the university of Oxford, as warden of Merton College on 20 March 1483 inaugurated an important period in the history of the college.
		A letter from the college on 16 August 1484 [4] illustrates the problem, with some further indication of the different approach to the use of abbreviations by different compilers.
		Oxford scholars, now without worries about the cost and accessibility of paper, writing for those publishers who would print their works, had no reason to continue to use the abbreviated forms obligatory for their predecessors.
	www.spellingsociety.org /journals/j7/shortcuts.php (3680 words)

	Search Results for "Merton"
		He studied law at Merton College, Oxford, and later devoted himself to independent study.
		Educated at Merton College, Oxford, he had a short diplomatic career on the Continent, then...
		Coventry, England, educated at Merton and Magdalen colleges, Oxford.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Merton (211 words)

	Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine
		Merton College, one of the University of Oxford’s oldest colleges, has appointed Peter Phillips as music director of a new choral foundation.
		They first performed in the college chapel in 1974, a year after Phillips formed the group, and have made their recordings there for much of the time since.
		Dating from the 13th century, Merton College’s chapel was until the end of the 19th century also a parish church.
	www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=2693&newssectionID=1 (312 words)

	Insider’s Oxford \| Oxford University Department for Continuing Education
		You arrive at Merton College on the Sunday and the programme starts with an opening reception and dinner in the magnificent Hall parts of which date from the 12th century.
		The programme is based in Merton College, one of the oldest colleges in Oxford.
		Oxford University Department for Continuing Education reserves the right to alter details of any course should illness or any other emergency prevent a tutor or lecturer from teaching, and to cancel a course if exceptionally low enrolment would make it educationally unviable.
	international.conted.ox.ac.uk /insidersoxford.php (498 words)

	Walter de Merton - Encyclopedia.com
		He was lord chancellor from 1261 to 1263, was reappointed after the death of Henry III (1272), and was made bishop of Rochester in 1274.
		In 1261 he obtained a charter from the earl of Gloucester for the assignation of lands for the support of scholars, and in 1264 a regular charter of incorporation established a "House of Scholars" at Malden, Surrey; this was later transferred to Oxford.
		The establishment of a corporate body to rule and control the scholars marks the beginning of the collegiate system of education, and Merton College became the model for other colleges at Oxford and Cambridge.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Merton-W.html (487 words)

	Merton College, Oxford: alumni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Merton is extremely grateful to the many Old Members and Friends of the College who have contributed to its ongoing success by giving so generously over the years.
		The College is heavily dependent upon its endowment for its survival and its income, although able to sustain current levels of expenditure, is not sufficient to support significant capital expenditure or additional ongoing revenue projects.
		Merton offers reasonably priced accommodation to all of its undergraduates for the duration of their studies and we are determined to ensure that this remains the case, even where some subjects, such as Mathematics and Physics are now offering four-year courses.
	www.merton.ox.ac.uk /alumni/supporting.htm (2310 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Walter of Merton
		Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford, b.
		In 1264 Walter drew up statutes for a "house of the scholars of Merton", at Malden in Surrey; ten years later these scholars were transferred to Oxford, and a permanent house established.
		Merton College, thus founded and endowed by Walter, is the earliest example of
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15544a.htm (392 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Merton
		Educated at Merton College, Oxford, he had a short diplomatic career on the Continent, then returned to England and became a favorite of Charles I and a court official.
		The river of Merton literature continues to flow.
		A conversation with Robert Toth: executive director of the Merton institute for contemplative living.(meet thomas merton)(Interview)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Merton&StartAt=11 (751 words)

	Oxford Seminar: The Life and Times of Winston Churchill
		Oxford, home to England's oldest University and smallest cathedral, is located on the north bank of the River Thames, fifty-six miles northwest of London.
		Merton College is noted for the exceptional historical and aesthetic interest of its buildings.
		The College's founder was Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Rochester.
	www.virginia.edu /travelandlearn/2007oxford.html (1550 words)

	Merton : 2007/8 Oxford University Undergraduate Admissions
		Merton seeks to attract students of high academic potential, and is committed to selecting candidates fairly, regardless of background.
		Merton, situated in a quiet cobbled street, overlooks a wide stretch of meadow that leads down to the River Thames, yet is only 200 metres to the south of High Street and thus very conveniently placed for the University libraries, lecture rooms and departments as well as the city centre.
		Merton is able to provide single accommodation in college or in one of its nearby annexes for all undergraduates for the entirety of their courses (including four-year courses).
	www.admissions.ox.ac.uk /colleges/mert.shtml (640 words)

	Thomas Bodley
		English diplomatist and scholar, founder of the Bodleian library, Oxford, was born at Exeter on the 2nd of March 1545.
		Quitting Oxford in 1576, he made the tour of Europe; shortly after his return he became gentleman-usher to Queen Elizabeth; and in 1587, apparently, he married Ann Ball, a widow lady of considerable fortune, the daughter of a Mr.
		He was buried in the choir of Merton College chapel where a monument of fl and white marble was erected to him.
	www.nndb.com /people/859/000094577 (521 words)

	Merton Priory - History and archaeology
		Merton as a place name can be traced as early as the 7th century, supporting the likelihood of settlement by that date.
		Merton Priory was established in AD1117 on its current site by Gilbert, sheriff of Surrey and received the manor of Merton from Henry I in 1121.
		The first calico-printing works at Merton Abbey were established in 1724 and were situated on the east bank of the River Wandle.
	www.mertonpriory.org /history/index.html (560 words)

	Oxford University Gazette: Appointments, 17 June 2004
		Merton College proposes to appoint a Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy for one year from 1 October 2004, to teach up to six hours per week.
		Merton College proposes to elect in 2005 a Leventis Graduate Scholar.
		Merton College Domus Graduate Scholarships (Competition B) These scholarships are intended to assist students of outstanding academic excellence who for financial reasons would not otherwise be able to study at the University of Oxford.
	www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/2003-4/weekly/170604/appts/entry_4.htm (687 words)

	History of Oxford New College school – of choristers ancient and modern
		Oxford was very much involved on the Royalist side and at one time the king himself set up his headquarters there.
		The five hundredth anniversary of the founding of New College fell in 1879 and the choir gave a recital of contemporary works by Parry, Sterndale Bennett, Garrett and Sullivan, the organist at that time being GB Arnold, followed a year later by Dr James Taylor.
		New College was particularly fortunate in having a succession of distinguished organists during the twentieth century, namely Hugh Allen, William Harris, John Dykes Bower, Dr Sydney Watson, HK Andrews, Meredith Davies, David Lumsden and Edward Higginbottom.
	www.ofchoristers.net /Chapters/OxfordNewCollege.htm (5866 words)

	Walter de Merton
		Walter was known by his birthplace, Basingstoke, until in 1233 he took the name of the priory and as Walter de Merton became Parson of Cuddington.
		On Wednesday the twenty seventh of October 1277 walter died and was buried in the Cathedral of Rochester.
		Merton College, Oxford is to this day responsible for the repair of the tomb.
	www.maxlove.co.uk /merton.htm (253 words)

	Oxford Index
		It is the College which employs teaching staff and accepts new students, the College which provides food, accommodation and support, and the College which sets most of the rules which impinge on a student's life.
		The centre of Oxford is dominated by the University.
		Merton allegedly had the ghost of the mediæval scholar Duns Scotus gliding around the old chained library minus his feet, which he'd mislaid when the library floor was raised.
	www.keleka.net /deepbackground/resources/places/oxford.htm (3946 words)

	Merton College Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merton College Library (in Merton College, Oxford) is one of the earliest libraries in England that is still in continuous daily use.
		The library is housed in several parts of the college, and houses a priceless collection of early printed books and more than 300 medieval manuscripts.
		The Upper Library is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of John Duns Scotus who walks the floor of the original 14th century library, appearing therefore to wade through the current one which is about a foot higher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merton_College_Library (345 words)

	Merton College, Oxford
		Merton College is the oldest college still in existence.
		It was founded in 1264 by Walter de Merton, Chancellor of England and later Bishop of Rochester.
		Distinguished members of Merton College have included the politician, Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-94), poet T. Eliot (1888-1965) and Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), the English writer and artist.
	www.planetware.com /oxford/merton-college-eng-oxf-me.htm (173 words)

	Merton College, Oxford University
		Merton College is one of the smaller Oxford colleges, and also one of the oldest.
		Merton Hall dates to 1277, and "Mob Quad" is the oldest Oxford quadrangle, built between 1304 and 1378.
		Merton owes its existence to Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester.
	www.britainexpress.com /cities/oxford/merton.htm (376 words)

	Merton College tops Oxford for fifth time running \| Special Reports \| EducationGuardian.co.uk
		Oxford University has published a table ranking its colleges according to exam success, with Merton College scoring highest for the fifth successive year.
		Balliol College was ranked second, and Magdalen College and New College shared joint third place, while St John's College was ranked fifth in the list of the 30 Oxford colleges to admit undergraduates.
		The results are calculated by attaching a score of five to a first class undergraduate degree, three to a 2:1 degree, two to a 2:2 degree and one to a third class degree.
	education.guardian.co.uk /oxbridge/article/0,,1837561,00.html (368 words)

	EnterpriseMRM - Membership Software Client Testimonials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Merton College is one of the smaller Oxford colleges, with EnterpriseMRM looking after approximately 450 students and up to 100 fellows at any time.
		Two major requirements of the College were integration of a Student Billing system with Sage Line 100 accounts and the ability to export data simply to Microsoft Excel.
		Each member of the college is classified as a student, fellow, alumni or tutor, and then lodging details, accommodation charges, utilities etc are attached to each record.
	www.enterprisemrm.com /article63.html (282 words)

	Oxford Appeal \| TIME
		¶ Each year the masters of Merton College, Oxford, dispatch from the Hythe police station in rural Kent the Hythe Tithe Expeditionary Force, whose duty is to collect for Merton from each farm one-tenth of its harvested crops, one-tenth of its yearly litter of hogs, sheep, cows and chickens.
		In fact Oxford is a loose bundle of colleges, many comfortably rich by 18th-Century standards, but despite the old paintings and priceless silver only modestly well off for the 20th.
		Oxford's income from its general endowment funds was $95,000, compared to the interest reaped each year by Harvard's $134,000,000 endowment.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,757325-1,00.html (573 words)

	Oxford Honors Studies Program Academics
		Tutorials are the jewel in the crown of Oxford undergraduate studies, and also form the cornerstone of this program.
		All courses and tutorials are taught by faculty drawn from the various colleges of the University of Oxford by the Head of Faculty, Philip Waller.
		He has taught at Mansfield and Exeter Colleges at Oxford, the Università degli Studi di Venezia and is an historical reader for the University of Oxford Press.
	www.bu.edu /abroad/programs/england/oxford/oxford_hsp/aca.html (962 words)

	Merton College : Oxford University Graduate Studies Prospectus 2007/08
		Merton College, founded in 1264, is in a quiet street, close to University libraries and departments.
		Graduates at Merton are able to apply for various grants: research travel grants up to a value of £300, once per academic year during their time at Merton, book grants of up to £50 per annum, and clinical medical equipment grants of up to £200 during the period of their course.
		Merton usually accommodates graduates for at least two years and many graduates live in college accommodation for the duration of their studies.
	www.admin.ox.ac.uk /gsp/colleges/mert.shtml (744 words)

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