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The following is a list of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, including alumni and Masters of the college. When available, year of matriculation is provided in parentheses, as listed in the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register or in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Complete (or very nearly complete) lists of Fellows and students, arranged by year of matriculation, can be found in the published Balliol College Register; the 1st edition,[1] 2nd edition[2] and 3rd edition.[3]

This list of notable alumni consists almost entirely of men, because women were admitted to the college only after 1979.[4]

Alumni

Economists

Adam Smith.

Historians

James H. Billington.

Lawyers

Thomas Bingham.
John Marshall Harlan II Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice.

Authors and artists

Henry Sweet.
Aldous Huxley.

Mathematicians, scientists and technologists

Baruch Samuel Blumberg.

Media

Robert Peston, BBC Business editor
Peter Snow, television presenter

Other

Philosophers and social and political theorists

Poets

Hilaire Belloc.
Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Politicians

Currently active

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2019-present.
Yvette Cooper, British Labour politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Members of Parliament

House of Lords

MPs and MEPs who completed service after 2000

UK politicians active post-World War II

Roy Jenkins, British Labour politician, former Home Secretary.
Denis Healey, British Labour politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

UK politicians active between World War I and World War II

Lord Curzon.
H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

UK politicians pre-World War I

Politicians, statesmen and monarchs in non-UK countries

Richard von Weizsäcker.

Theologians and clergy

John Wycliffe.
Cardinal Manning.
Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, The head of the Bahá'í Faith (1921-1957).

Fictional

Notable applicants who were not matriculated

Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University

Masters of Balliol

Main article: List of Masters of Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol is run by the Master and Fellows of the college. The Master of the college must be "the person who is, in [the Fellows] judgement, most fit for the government of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education".[11] The current Master of Balliol is Drummond Bone, a scholar of the Romantic poet Lord Byron. He has held the post since October 2011, following his retirement as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford); Jones, John; Viney, Sally; Hilliard, Edward; Elliott, Ivo d'Oyle, Lemon, Elsie (1914). The Balliol College Register (1 ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)(1914, covering matriculations 1832-1914)
  2. ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1934). The Balliol College Register (2 ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1934, covering matriculations 1833-1933)
  3. ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1953). The Balliol College Register (3 ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1953, covering matriculations 1900-1950)
  4. ^ "Balliol Women: Some Alumnae of the College | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ^ 'RIDLEY, Sir Adam (Nicholas)', in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black, 2014)
  6. ^ 'LAWRANCE, Prof. Jeremy Norcliffe Haslehurst', in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2013, accessed 3 May 2014 (subscription site)
  7. ^ Russell, James. "LES GRANDS NUMISMATES: George Macdonald (1862-1940; Kt 1927)" (PDF). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. ^ Singh, Olivia. "Denzel Washington addresses paying for 'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman's acting classes: 'Wakanda Forever, but where's my money?'". Insider. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  9. ^ "Memorial inscriptions". Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  10. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. National Archives.; CP 40 / 677; in 1430; Thomas Chace appears as first name, but as defendant in a case of debt, brought by Thomas Coventre.
  11. ^ Statute II "The Master", clause 1
  12. ^ "Election of New Master". Balliol College, Oxford. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
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