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Wadham College (/ˈwɒdəm/) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is located in the centre of the city, on a site between Parks Road, Holywell Street and Broad Street. The college was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, according to the will of her husband, Nicholas Wadham, who was a wealthy landowner with property in Devon and Somerset. The buildings of the college's first quadrangle were designed by the master builder William Arnold and erected between 1610 and 1613. These intial buildings included a chapel and large ornate hall.
Wadham College | ||||||||
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Scarf colours: black, with two grey-blue stripes a quarter of a scarf-width in from either edge, each stripe edged with a yellow pinstripe on the right-hand side only
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Location | Parks Road | |||||||
Coordinates | 51.755871°N 1.254593°W / 51.755871; -1.254593 | |||||||
Full name | Wadham College of the Foundation of Nicholas Wadham Esquire and Dorothy his wife in the University of Oxford | |||||||
Latin name | Collegium Wadhamensi | |||||||
Established | 1610; 414 years ago (1610) | |||||||
Named for | Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham (née Petre) | |||||||
Sister college | Christ's College, Cambridge | |||||||
Warden | Robert Hannigan | |||||||
Undergraduates | 474[2] (2022) | |||||||
Postgraduates | 217[2] (2022) | |||||||
Website | wadham.ox.ac.uk | |||||||
Boat club | Wadham College Boat Club | |||||||
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Amongst Wadham's most famous alumni is Sir Christopher Wren. Wren was one of a brilliant group of experimental scientists at Oxford in the 1650s, the Oxford Philosophical Club, which included Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke. This group held regular meetings at Wadham College under the guidance of the warden, John Wilkins, and the group formed the nucleus which went on to found the Royal Society.
Wadham is a liberal and progressive college which aims to maintain the diversity of its student body and a friendly atmosphere.[3] Founded as a men's college, in 1974 it was among the first to become coeducational,[4] and the college has a strong reputation as a promoter of gay rights. In 2011 it became the first Oxford college to fly the rainbow flag as part of queer week, a celebration of sexual diversity and individuality.[5]
Wadham is one of the largest colleges of the University of Oxford, with about 480 undergraduates and 240 graduate students.[2] The college publishes an annual magazine for alumni, the Wadham College Gazette.[6]
As of 2022, it had an estimated financial endowment of £113 million,[7] and in 2020/2021 ranked 18th in the Norrington Table, a measure which ranks Oxford colleges by academic performance.[8]