List of alumni of Merton College, Oxford

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See also Former students, Fellows and current Honorary Fellows of Merton College.

Merton College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.

Contents

This list of Merton Fellows and alumni is grouped into centuries; where the person's life spans more than one century, the (approximate) date of matriculation is used, and given in brackets when known.

Medieval

Two additional outstanding academic figures from the early 14th century, John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham have long been claimed as Merton alumni, but there is no contemporary evidence to support this claim and as Franciscans, they would have been ineligible for fellowships at Merton. [1]

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century (matriculated up to 1960)

20th century (matriculated since 1960)

21st century

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References

  1. Martin, G. H. & Highfield, J. R. L. (1997). A History of Merton College. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 53.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Penfold, George Saxby"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.
  3. Michael Briggs, chairman of Bath Preservation Trust – obituary, The Daily Telegraph , 29 July 2017, accessed 11 August 2021 (subscription required)
  4. "The Faculty". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. October 1965. Retrieved 4 June 2022.