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William Waynflete, born William Patten, was Provost of Eton College (1442–1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447–1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456–1460). He founded Magdalen College, Oxford and three subsidiary schools, namely Magdalen College School in Oxford, Magdalen College School, Brackley in Northamptonshire and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire.
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Lawrence Humphrey DD was an English theologian, who was President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Dean successively of Gloucester and Winchester.
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Campbell Dodgson, CBE DLitt Hon RE was a British art historian and museum curator. He was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum in 1912–32.
Courtenay Edward Stevens was a British classicist. He was educated at Winchester College and received a first class degree in literae humaniores from New College, Oxford. Stevens remained at Oxford after graduation, receiving scholarships and, in 1933, a research fellowship at Magdalen College. During the Second World War he worked for British military intelligence, specialising in propaganda. Stevens produced German-language newspapers and broadcasts and suggested the use of the first notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for Allied broadcasts. After the war he returned to Magdalen, taking on a huge teaching workload of up to 72 hours per week. Stevens enjoyed success, in partnership with the philosopher J. L. Austin, in preparing students for examination in the Greats. He served as vice-president of the college from 1950–51.
Peter David Partner was a British historian, particularly of medieval Rome and the Middle East.
Robert William Hamilton, FBA was a British archaeologist and academic. He was senior lecturer in Near Eastern archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1956 and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1959 to 1972. He was keeper (head) of the Ashmolean Museum from 1962 to 1972.
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- ↑ "Lucy Fergusson | Lawyers | Linklaters".
- ↑ "Postdoctoral Fellowships".
- ↑ "Professor John Nightingale | Magdalen College Oxford".
- ↑ University of Oxford Calendar
- ↑ "Winchester College | Governance".
- ↑ "Dr John Nightingale".