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the west end is a gateway tower of three stagesoftk
Ionic order, similarly finished and crowned with Status
at the angles symbolical of Divinity, Astronomy, Geometry and Physic; the chapel was erected at the cost
and by the efforts of Dr. Ralph Bathurst, then prï5j.
dent, who laid the first stone, 9 July, 1691, andtk
building was consecrated by Dr. Hough, Bishop 0fOx.
ford, 12 April, 1694; the interior is chiefly remarkable
for its unrivalled screen and altar piece, exquisj^
carved in cedar and lime wood, by the famous Grinlik
Gibbons; the painted ceiling, representing the “Ascension,” is by Peter Berchet: on the north side ofthe
communion table is the fine altar-tomb of the founder
with full-sized recumbent alabaster effigies of himself’
in amour, and Elizabeth (Blount) his second wife;
panelled sides inclose shields of arms within wreaths
and on the upper slab is a marginal inscription;allthe
windows are stained and include one erected to the
Rev. Isaac Williams B.D. vice-president, and one ol
the authors of the famous “Tracts for the Times,"d
1 May, 1865, and seven others erected by a late Presi­
dent-; the communion plate includes a silver-gilt
chalice, originally belonging to St. Alban’s Abbey, and
presented to the college by the founder ; in thé antechapel are interred several former Presidents and Fel­
lows, including the Rev. Thomas Warton B.D. Fellowo|
this College, Camden Professor of Histoiy, and poet
laureate, who died at Oxford, 21 May, 1790. The
library, on the east side of the second quadrangle, was
also that of Durham College, and is the most ancient
portion of the college buildings; the windows contain
fragments of stained glass from the old chapel ofthe
14th century, and the book cases were erected about
t6 o 8 ; the collections include a large number of v
aluable
topographical works, and a few manuscripts, mostly
liturgical. On the west side is the hall, built in 1618-20,
on the site of the old T efeo to ry ; the interior was ceiled,
re-wainscoted and decorated in 1772, but the roofwas
p ro fe sso r of m e d ic in e .
again reconstructed at the beginning of the lastcentury
John Davidson Beazley M.A. tutor.
and a marble chimney-piece added in 1846. Among the
George Gilbert Aimé Murray M.A., D.Litt. Regius portraits are those of the founder and the foundress;
professor of Greek.
William Pope, first Earl of Downe, Archbishop Sheldon,
John Murray M.A. tutor and senior censor.
Lord Chancellor Somers, William Pitt, Earl ofChatham,
Robert Hamilton Dundas M.A. tutor.
Lord North, the Rev. Thomas Warton B.D. Cardinal
Theodore William Chaundy M.A. lecturer.
Newman, Lord Chancellor Selborne, Professor E. A,
Keith Grahame Feiling M.A. tutor
Freeman, Lord Lingen, Bishop Stubbs of Oxford, Pro­
Rev. Alfred Edward John Rawlinson M.A.
fessor Robinson Ellis and Dr. Davidson, the present
Archbishop of Canterbury, besides several former presi­
Steward.
den
ts and other persons of distinction; over the north
Captain Arthur Kerr Slessor M.A.
end is a small bell-turret with a cupola and vane.
Treasurer
The third quadrangle has north, east and south sideGeorge Thomas Hutchinson M.A.
only, inclosing a large gravelled court, open on the
Chaplains.
east side to the gardens , the north wing was finished
in 1667, the western portion in 1682, and the southwing
Rev. Edward Peake M.A. schoolmaster.
in 1728 ; each portion is three storeys in height, and
Rev. Arthur Groom Parham M.A. precentor.
the styleis uniformly plain. The gardens, coveringabout
Rev. Sidney James Handover M.A.
2 acres, consist almost wholly ofmagnificent and unbroken
Rev. Frank Streatfeild M.A.
Organist.
lawns, bordered with flower beds and choicely planted
shrubberies; on ihe south side isthe famous “LimeTree
Henry George Ley B.Mus., M.A.
Walk,”
an avenue of 48 trees, 24 on each side,thelower
Trinity College.
boughs of which, skilfully interwoven, form a unique
Visitor, The Bishop of Winchester.
roof of continuous foliage; the gardens are boundedon
Trinity College, occupying an extensive site on the the east by the Parks road and open into it by hand­
north side of Broad street, was originally founded some gates of wrought iron, between two noble piersid
towards the close of the 13th century, by the heads the Italian style, surmounted by large classic urns.
of the Benedictine priory at Durham, as a “ nursery ” The foundation of the college consist of a President,12
for that society, and was hence called Durham Col­ Fellows’and 12 Scholars, and there are, besides various
lege; for this foundation Richard Angervyle, or de other scholarships, exhibitions and studentships, soms
Bury, Bishop of Durham 1333-45, designed his collec- being for the encouragement of Mathematics and Natur
tian of books, and Thomas Hatfield, his successor, Science, and others for deserving persons in need0
endowed it in 1380, but on the dissolution of the assistance at the University; there are now
monasteries it was suppressed, and the site and Fellowships (one being suspended) and 16 scholars,
buildings were purchased 20 Feb. 1555, by Sir Thomas election both to Fellowships and Scholarships isentire,
Pope kt. a native of Deddington, Oxon, who repaired open. The college presents to nine benefices.
the buildings and founded a new college, dedicating Rev. Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston D.D. president,
it to the “ Holy and Undivided Trinity.” The build­ elected 1907.
ings consist of three quadrangles, the first of which, Robert William Râper M.A., B.C.L. vice-pre^
approached from Broad street, is a spacious turfed
senior bursar and lecturer.
court, inclosed on the street front by iron railings, Martin Holdich Green M.A. librarian.
. , gr
with elaborately wrought gates between stone piers, bear­ David Henry Nagel M.A. senior tutor and junior our»
ing the arms and crest of the founder: on the north side Rev. Melville Watson Patterson M.A. tutor.
are the chapel and president’s house, and on the east the Harold Arthur Prichard M.A. lecturer.
new buildings, erected in 1884-5; these occupy part of Reginald John Elliott Tiddy M.A. lecturer.
a former orchard and garden, the high wall previously Ronald Arbuthnott Knox M.A. lecturer.
inclosing it on the west having been removed, and the James Leslie Brierley M.A., B.C.L. lecturer.
whole formed into a spacious new quadrangle. The John Reginald Homer Weaver M.A. lecturer.
president’s house stands between the east end of the Thomas Farrant Higham B.A. lecturer and de
chapel and the new buildings, with which it archi­ HenryrStuart Jones M.A. research fellow.
tecturally corresponds. The chapel, ascribed to Sir
St. John’s College.
Christopher Wren, is a structure of considerable ele­
Visitor, The Bishop of Winchester. ^ ^
gance, in the Italian style, and is lighted by roundheaded windows, divided by pilasters of the Corinthian St. John’s College, founded 5 May, ^557* ^
order, supporting an entablature and balustrading; at Thomas White kt. is situated on the west si

the river Qherwell, on the south by the Isis, on the west
by a branch of the same river, and on the north by the
Broad Walk; it is completely surrounded by wide
gravelled walks a mile and a quarter in extent, adorned
with ornamental trees, and on the west side, commencing
immediately opposite the new meadow gate, is the new
avenue, 600 yards in length, formed in 1868, and leading
immediately from the college to the river.
The dean and chapter present to ninety benefices, pre­
ference being given, as a rule, to students and then to
chaplains of the House in order of seniority. The esti­
mated annual income, including the Cathedral establish­
ment, is ¿£49,056 6s. 4d.
Dean.
Very Rev. Thomas Banks Strong D.D. appointed in 1901.
Canons.
Rev. William Sanday D.D. sub-dean.
Ven. Thomas Henry Archer-Houblon D.D. (Archdeacon
of Oxford).
Rev. Robert Lawrence Ottley D.D.
Rev. Edward W’illiam Watson D.D.
Rev. Henry Scott Holland D.D.
Rev. George Albert Cooke D.D.
Students.
John Barclay M.A., Mus.Bac. tutor and Lee’s reader
in anatomy.
Arthur Cornwallis Madan M.A.
Robert Edward Baynes M.A. tutor and Lee’s reader in
physics.
Arthur Hassall M.A. tutor.
Herbert William Blunt M.A. tutor and librarian.
Sidney George Owen M.A. tutor.
Albert Thomas Carter D.C.L. tutor.
John George Clark Anderson M.A. tutor.
Charles Dennis Fisher M.A. tutor.
Sir William Osler hart. D.M., hon. D.Sc., F.R.S. Regius