List of Trinity College, Oxford people

A list of notable people affiliated with Trinity College, Oxford, Oxford University, England. It includes former students, current and former academics and fellows. When available, year of matriculation is provided in parentheses, as listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or another available source. The overwhelming maleness of this list is partially explained by the fact that for over 90% of its history (from its foundation in 1555 until 1979), women have been barred from studying at Trinity.[1]

Former students

Academics and Explorers

Sir Richard Burton

Scientists, Engineers and Mathematicians

Henry Moseley

Artists and Broadcasters

Business

Clergy and Theology

Cardinal Newman

Diplomats and Colonial Administrators

Lawyers

Military

Politicians

William Pitt the Elder
Frederick North, Lord North
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Sports people

Miscellaneous

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 who receives a first in PPE before World War II.

Recent books in which Trinity features prominently are:

  • Cartwright, Justin (2008). This Secret Garden. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7961-8.
  • Hopkins, Clare (2005). Trinity. 450 Years of an Oxford College Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-951896-8.
  • von Siemens, Carl (2010). Kleine Herren. Ein Deutscher in Oxford. Frankfurt am Main: Scherz. ISBN 978-3-502-15159-3.
  • Flintoff, Ian (2015). Gatsby at Trinity. Oxford: YouCaxton-Pitchfork Production. ISBN 978-190964-469-4.

Fellows

Presidents

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

16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century

References

  1. ↑ Oneltd. "Trinity College – Modern Trinity". www.trinity.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. ↑ Denselow, Robin (1 December 2017). "John Preston obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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