| Hertford College | ||||||||||||||
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| University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | Catte Street, Oxford OX1 3BW | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°45′15″N 1°15′12″W / 51.754205°N 1.253467°W | |||||||||||||
| Full name | Hertford College in the University of Oxford | |||||||||||||
| Latin name | Collegium Hertfordiense | |||||||||||||
| Motto | Sicut cervus anhelat ad fontes aquarum (Latin) | |||||||||||||
| Motto in English | As the hart panteth after the water brooks | |||||||||||||
| Established | 1490 (as Magdalen Hall) 1874 (as Hertford College) | |||||||||||||
| Named for | Elias de Hertford | |||||||||||||
| Sister college | None | |||||||||||||
| Principal | Tom Fletcher | |||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 403[1] (2017/2018) | |||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 222 | |||||||||||||
| Grace | Benedictus benedicat May the Blessed One bless Benedicto benedicatur May the Blessed One be blessed | |||||||||||||
| Endowment | £64.9 million (2018)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Website | hertford.ox.ac.uk | |||||||||||||
| Boat club | Hertford College Boat Club | |||||||||||||
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  Location in Oxford city centre | ||||||||||||||
Hertford College (/ˈhɑːrtfərd/ HART-fərd), previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a constituent college of the University of Oxford[3] in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main gate to the Bodleian Library. The college is known for its iconic bridge, the Bridge of Sighs. There are around 600 students at the college at any one time, comprising undergraduates, graduates and visiting students from overseas.
The first foundation on the Hertford site began in the 1280s as Hart Hall and became a college in 1740 but was dissolved in 1816. In 1820, the site was taken over by Magdalen Hall, which had emerged around 1490 on a site adjacent to Magdalen College. In 1874, Magdalen Hall was incorporated as a college, reviving the name Hertford College. In 1974, Hertford was part of the first group of all-male Oxford colleges to admit women.[4]
Alumni of the college's predecessor institutions include William Tyndale, John Donne, Thomas Hobbes, and Jonathan Swift. More recently, former students have included author Evelyn Waugh, the first female Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, the civil servants Jeremy Heywood and Olly Robbins, and the newsreaders and reporters Fiona Bruce, Carrie Gracie, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, and Natasha Kaplinsky. U.S. justice Byron White attended the college on a Rhodes scholarship but left to serve in World War II.
- ^ "Student statistics". University of Oxford. 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Hertford College : Annual Report and Financial Statements : Year ended 31 July 2018" (PDF). ox.ac.uk. p. 23. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Hertford College | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Co-education - Hertford College | University of Oxford". Hertford College | University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 July 2018.