Balliol College, Oxford
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Balliol College (/ˈbeɪliəl/)[4] is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.[5] One of Oxford's oldest colleges,[6] it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the foundation and endowment for the college.[7] When de Balliol died in 1268, his widow, Dervorguilla, a woman whose wealth far exceeded that of her husband, continued his work in setting up the college, providing a further endowment and writing the statutes. She is considered a co-founder of the college.[8]
| Balliol College | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Arms: Azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or, impaling Gules, an orle argent.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BJ | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51.7547°N 1.2578°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Balliol College | |||||||||||||||||
| Latin name | Collegium Balliolensis | |||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1263 | |||||||||||||||||
| Named for | John I de Balliol | |||||||||||||||||
| Sister college | St John's College, Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||
| Master | Dame Helen Ghosh | |||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 366 (2017–18)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 359[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Endowment | £119.1 million (2018)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||
| Boat club | Balliol College Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||
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  Location in Oxford city centre | ||||||||||||||||||
The college's alumni include four former Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (H. H. Asquith, Harold Macmillan, Edward Heath, and Boris Johnson),[9] Harald V of Norway,[10] Empress Masako of Japan, five Nobel laureates, several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, and numerous literary and philosophical figures, including Shoghi Effendi, Adam Smith, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Aldous Huxley.[11] John Wycliffe, who translated the Bible into English, was master of the college in the 1360s.[8]