University of Oxford

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The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the United Kingdom. J.R.R. Tolkien studied and taught there.

Contents 1 Tolkien and Oxford 1.1 Student 1.2 Teacher 2 Colleges 2.1 Christ Church College 2.2 Corpus Christi College 2.3 Exeter College 2.4 Keble College 2.5 Lady Margaret Hall 2.6 Magdalen College 2.7 Merton College 2.8 New College 2.9 Pembroke College 2.10 Queen's College 2.11 Somerville College 2.12 St. Antony College 2.13 St Edmund Hall 2.14 St. Hilda's College 2.15 St. Hugh's College 2.16 St. John's College 2.17 St. Peter's College 2.18 Trinity College 2.19 University College 3 Bodleian Library 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Tolkien and Oxford

[edit] Student

Tolkien (22) was an undergraduate when the Great War broke out (August 1914) but he wanted to complete his studies. He joined the Officers Training Corps at Oxford. He had his degree in June 1915 and applied for a commission.^{[1]:p. lxxviii}

That time Tolkien was awarded "First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature".

[edit] Teacher

Tolkien was a busy professor in the Oxford English School, serving on many committees. He served in the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon and was a Fellow of Pembroke College.

During the WW2, many of his colleagues were unavailable and he was loaded with more responsibilities, including organizing special courses for Navy and Air Force cadets.

In 1945, after the death of Henry Wyld, he was elected Professor of the Merton chair of English Language and Literature, and developed new series of lectures. Later he became a Fellow of Merton College.^{[1]:pp. lxxiii-lxxiv}

[edit] Colleges

The University of Oxford is comprised of 36 colleges, which are autonomous and self-governing corporations within the University.

See also: Colleges of the University of Oxford at Wikipedia

[edit] Christ Church College

• Oxonmoot 2008

[edit] Corpus Christi College

• Geoffrey Bache Smith

[edit] Exeter College

• J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Chequers Clubbe
• Oxonmoot 1997
• Oxonmoot 1998
• Oxonmoot 1999

[edit] Keble College

• Robert Havard
• Humphrey Carpenter
• J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference

[edit] Lady Margaret Hall

• Vera Chapman
• Oxonmoot 2007

[edit] Magdalen College

• C.S. Lewis
• Adam Fox
• Simon Horobin

[edit] Merton College

• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Charles Leslie Wrenn

[edit] New College

• Christopher Tolkien

[edit] Pembroke College

• J.R.R. Tolkien

[edit] Queen's College

• Robert Havard

[edit] Somerville College

• Oxonmoot 2006

[edit] St. Antony College

• Oxonmoot 2000
• Oxonmoot 2001
• Oxonmoot 2002

[edit] St Edmund Hall

• A.F. Colborn

[edit] St. Hilda's College

• Dorothy Whitelock
• Oxonmoot 2004

[edit] St. Hugh's College

• Oxonmoot 2003

[edit] St. John's College

• Tom Shippey

[edit] St. Peter's College

• Oxonmoot 2005

[edit] Trinity College

• Simon Tolkien

[edit] University College

• Oxonmoot 1991
• Oxonmoot 1993
• Oxonmoot 1994
• Oxonmoot 1995
• Oxonmoot 1996

[edit] Bodleian Library

• The Bodleian Library

[edit] External links

• Official website
• University of Oxford at Wikipedia
• Tolkien at Oxford - Podcasts that explore the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien's works and Oxford University

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion