Founders of English schools and colleges
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- This category includes the founders of English schools, colleges, and universities.
Oxford Colleges were founded by -
- John de Balliol - Balliol College
- Adam de Brome - Oriel College
- William of Wykeham - New College
- Walter de Merton - Merton College
- Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester - Corpus Christi College
- William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester - Magdalen College
- William of Durham - University College
- King James I - Pembroke College
Cambridge Colleges were founded by -
- John Alcock (bishop) - Jesus College
- Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden - Magdalene College
- Hugh de Balsham - Peterhouse
- John Caius - Gonville and Caius College
- Lady Margaret Beaufort - Christ's College
- Lady Margaret Beaufort and [John Fisher[|St John Fisher]] - St John's College
Important English Schools were founded by -
- St Augustine - The King's School, Canterbury
- Henry VI of England - Eton College
- Sir Thomas Gresham - Gresham College, London
- Sir John Gresham - Gresham's School
- John Lyon - Harrow School
- William of Wykeham - Winchester College
- Lawrence Sheriff - Rugby School
- King Edward VI - Shrewsbury School
- Sir William Laxton - Oundle School
