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List of people associated with Brasenose College, Oxford

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This is a list of notable people associated with Brasenose College, Oxford. Some individuals fall into several categories. They are sorted alphabetically by surname.

This list of notable alumni consists predominantly of men, due to the fact that women first studied at Brasenose as undergraduates in 1974, the college being among the first to go mixed at this point.[1]

Alumni

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See also Former students of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Politicians and civil servants

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David Cameron

Judges and lawyers

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William Robert Grove

Clergy

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Military personnel

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Classicists and archaeologists

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Historians and antiquarians

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Elias Ashmole

Language and literature academics

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Philosophers and theologians

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  • John Foxe, English historian and martyrologist
  • Alexander Nowell, Anglican Puritan theologian and clergyman, served as dean of St Paul's
  • David Pearce, Utilitarian philosopher, founder of the World Transhumanist Association
  • Thomas Traherne, English poet, clergyman, theologian, and religious writer
  • Dom Illtyd Trethowan, English priest, philosopher and author
  • William Whittingham, English Biblical scholar and religious reformer, dean of Durham

Mathematicians, medics and scientists

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Educators

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Artists and writers

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Sir William Golding

Broadcasters and entertainers

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William Webb Ellis, allegedly the inventor of rugby football

Musicians

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  • Mylo (Myles MacInnes), Scottish electronic musician and record producer

Sports people

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Walter Woodgate, Boat Race winner, eight-time Henley Regatta champion and inventor of the coxless four

Other people in public life

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Fellows and Principals

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The Rev. Thomas Adams
John Foxe
Sir Otto Kahn-Freund
Simon Schama

Principals

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The current principal is John Bowers.

Honorary Fellows

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Michael Palin

Other persons associated with Brasenose

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References

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  1. ^ "Women at Oxford | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ Langdon, Julia (24 February 2015). "Jeremy McMullen obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire", in The Journal of Roman Studies 40 (1950), p. 189
  4. ^ "Paul Pester". Businessweek. Retrieved 11 June 2014.[dead link]