This is a list of the founders of English schools, colleges, and universities.
Oxford Colleges
Colleges of the University of Oxford were founded by:
FounderCollegeYear of foundationWilliam of DurhamUniversity College1249John I de BalliolBalliol College1263Walter de MertonMerton College1264Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of ExeterExeter College1314Adam de BromeOriel College1324Robert de Eglesfield, chaplain of Queen PhilippaQueen's College1341William of WykehamNew College1379Richard Fleming, Bishop of LincolnLincoln College1427Henry ChicheleAll Souls College1438William Waynflete, Bishop of WinchesterMagdalen College1458Richard Sutton and William SmythBrasenose College1509Richard Fox, Bishop of WinchesterCorpus Christi College1517King Henry VIIIChrist Church1546Sir Thomas PopeTrinity College1555Sir Thomas WhiteSt John's College1555Hugh PriceJesus College1571Nicholas and Dorothy WadhamWadham College1610King James IWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeThomas TesdaleRichard WightwickPembroke College1624Sir Thomas CookesWorcester College1714Richard NewtonHertford College1740Elizabeth WordsworthSt Hugh's College1886Dorothea BealeSt Hilda's College1893Francis ChavasseSt Peter's College1929
Cambridge Colleges
Colleges of the University of Cambridge were founded by:
FounderCollegeYear of foundationHugh de BalshamPeterhouse1284Margaret of AnjouQueens' College1448Elizabeth WoodvilleQueens' College1465 (refounded)John AlcockJesus College1496Lady Margaret BeaufortChrist's College1505Lady Margaret Beaufort & St John FisherSt John's College1511Thomas AudleyMagdalene College1542 (refounded)King Henry VIIITrinity College1546John CaiusGonville and Caius College1557 (refounded)Frances Sidney, Countess of SussexSidney Sussex College1596Emily DaviesBarbara BodichonLady Stanley of AlderleyGirton College186915th Duke of NorfolkSt Edmund's House, later College1896
English schools
English schools were founded by:
FounderCollegeYear of foundationSt AugustineThe King's School, Canterbury597 ADSt JustusThe King's School, Rochester604 ADSt PaulinusSt Peter's School, York627 ADHerbert de LosingaNorwich School1096Walkelin de DerbyDerby Schoolc. 1165Isabella of FranceBablake School1344William of WykehamWinchester College1382 Katherine, Lady Berkeley Katharine Lady Berkeley's School1384Henry VI of EnglandEton College1440Joan GreyndourNewland Grammar Schoolc. 1445John ColetSt Paul's School1509Hugh OldhamManchester Grammar School1515Thomas HorsleyRoyal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne1525William RadcliffeStamford School1532John IncentBerkhamsted Collegiate School1541King Henry VIIIDurham School The King's School, Canterbury King's Ely The King's School, Chester The King's School, Gloucester The King's School, Peterborough The King's School, Rochester The King's School, Worcester1541 (refounded) 1541 (refounded) 1541 (refounded) 1541 1541 1541 1541 (refounded) 1541William DaunteseyDauntsey's School1542King Edward VISherborne SchoolKing Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordKing Edward VI Grammar School, Louth Shrewsbury SchoolKing Edward's School, BathKing Edward's School, BirminghamChrist's Hospital 1550155115511552155215521552 King Edward VI andNicholas RidleyKing Edward's School, Witley1553William HarpurBedford Schoolrefounded 1552Sir John GreshamGresham's School1555Sir William LaxtonOundle School1556Queen Elizabeth IWestminster School1560 (refounded)Lawrence SheriffRugby School1562Sir Roger CholmeleyHighgate School1565Robert Harvard(Father of John Harvard - founder of Harvard University)One of four foundersSt. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School1571John LyonHarrow School1572Thomas AlderseyAldersey Grammar School1575William LambeSutton Valence School1576Edmund GrindalSt Bees School1583John WhitgiftWhitgift School1596Sir Thomas GreshamGresham College1597Richard PlattAldenham School1597Henry Lee of DitchleyAylesbury Grammar School1598Peter BlundellBlundell's School1604Thomas SuttonCharterhouse School1611Stephen PerseThe Perse School1615Edward AlleynDulwich College1619Robert ChalonerDr Challoner's Grammar School1624William GleggCalday Grange Grammar School1636Robert AskeHaberdashers' Aske's School1690William PalmerPalmer's School1706Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount WeymouthLord Weymouth's School now Warminster School1707John WesleyKingswood School1748Moses BensonSt. James's School, Liverpool1802Andrew ReedLondon Asylum for Orphans(later Reed's School)1813William SewellRadley College1847Nathaniel WoodardLancing College, 1848Hurstpierpoint College, 1849Ardingly College, 1858Denstone College, 1868Abbots Bromley School for Girls, 1874King's College (Taunton), 1880Ellesmere College, 1884Worksop College, 1890Queen VictoriaWellington College1853John PercivalClifton College1862Francis PocockMonkton Combe School1868Frederick SavageSeaford College1884John Haden BadleyBedales School1893Olive WillisDowne House1907Alexander NikitichCarfax College2008
English schools and colleges outside England Sir Henry Lawrence - Lawrence Schools at Sanawar, Ooty Claude Martin - La Martiniere College Schools at Lucknow, Kolkata and Lyon
See also List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom List of the oldest schools in the world Armorial of schools in the United Kingdom Armorial of British universities
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