List of Trinity College, Oxford people

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A list of notable people affiliated with Trinity College at Oxford University, England. It includes former students, current and former academics and fellows, as listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or another available source. The overwhelming maleness of this list is explained by the fact that for over 90% of its history (from its foundation in 1555 until 1979), Trinity was an all-male institution. [1]

Contents

Former students

Academics and explorers

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Sir Richard Burton

Scientists, engineers and mathematicians

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Henry Moseley

Artists and broadcasters

Business

Clergy and theology

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Cardinal Newman

Diplomats and colonial administrators

Lawyers

Military

Politicians

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William Pitt the Elder
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Frederick North, Lord North
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
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Sir Eric Errington, Bt

Sports people

Miscellaneous

Journalists

Fictional characters

Fictional former students include Jay Gatsby, the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby who attends Trinity briefly after World War I, and Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond in Ian Fleming's 1964 novel You Only Live Twice who receives a first in PPE before World War II.

Recent books in which Trinity features prominently are:

Fellows

Presidents

The head of Trinity College, Oxford is titled the President.

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17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century

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References

  1. Oneltd. "Trinity College – Modern Trinity". www.trinity.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. "James Michie" (obituary), The Independent , 21 November 2007, accessed 8 June 2023
  3. Denselow, Robin (1 December 2017). "John Preston obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. Captain S. E. Oakley Royal Navy Captain Britannia Royal Naval College profile at royalnavy.mod.uk, accessed 7 November 2022