St Hugh's College, Oxford
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| College name | St Hugh's College | ||||||||||||
| Named after | Saint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1886 | ||||||||||||
| Sister College | Clare College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
| Principal | Andrew Dilnot | ||||||||||||
| JCR President | Alistair Wrench | ||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 166 | ||||||||||||
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St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located in St Margaret's Road, North Oxford.
Founded in 1886, St Hugh's was originally a women's only college, becoming coeducational in 1986. It was founded by Elizabeth Wordsworth, a great-niece of the famous poet, William Wordsworth. The name of the college was that of Hugh of Lincoln who was canonised in 1220.
St Hugh's College has an active Junior Common Room (JCR) currently headed by JCR President Alistair Wrench.
[edit] Notable former students
- Kate Adie
- Barbara Castle
- Emily Davison
- Liz Forgan
- Khairy Jamaluddin
- Ruth Lawrence
- Barbara Levick
- Theresa May
- Myfanwy Piper
- Mary Renault
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- June Tabor
- Joanna Trollope
- Joe Goddard
See also Former students of St Hugh's College.
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