Trevelyan College, Durham

Trevelyan College
Durham University
Main College
Arms of Trevelyan College
Arms: Gules, issuant from water in base harry wavy of four argent and azure a demi horse rampant Or, in chief three crosses of St. Cuthbert argent.
Coordinates54°45′51″N 1°34′46″W / 54.764167°N 1.579444°W / 54.764167; -1.579444
MottoLatin: Vera fictis libentius
Motto in EnglishTruth more readily than falsehood
Established1966
Named forGeorge Macaulay Trevelyan
PrincipalAdekunle Adeyeye[1]
Vice principalMartin Brader[2]
Undergraduates650
Postgraduates145
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Trevelyan College, Durham is located in Durham, England
Trevelyan College, Durham
Location in Durham, England

Trevelyan College (known colloquially as Trevs) is a college of Durham University, England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan (pronounced "Trevillian"[3]), Chancellor of the university from 1950 to 1957. Originally an all-female college (the last to open in England), the college became fully mixed in 1992.

Trevelyan is noted in Durham for its hexagon-featuring architecture and for the display of daffodils that surrounds it every spring. As a constituent college of Durham University, Trevelyan is listed as a higher education institution under the Education Reform Act 1988. It is owned and for the most part run by the university.

  1. ^ Josh Hurn and Tom Saunders (16 July 2019). "Durham University appoints five new Heads of College". Palatinate.
  2. ^ "Who's Who - Durham University". Durham University. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ Montague-Smith, P. W., ed. (1968). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage. Kingston-upon-Thames: Kelly's Directories Ltd. p. 798.