Queer Places:
University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PA
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university located in Oxford. While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest surviving university. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled northeast to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two ancient universities are frequently jointly referred to as Oxbridge. The university is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges and a full range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions.
Notable queer alumni and faculty:
A.E. Housman (1859-1936), A.L. Rowse (1903–1997), Adrian Brown (1929-2019), Adrian Stokes (1902–1972), Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), Agnes de Selincourt (1872–1917), Agnes Headlam-Morley (1902–1986), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954), Alan Bennett (born 1934), Alan Hollinghurst (born 1954), Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton (1904-1983), Alan Pryce-Jones (1908–2000), Alastair Hugh Graham (1904-1982), Albrecht von Bernstorff (1890-1945), Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), Alexander James "A.J." Carlyle (1861-1943), Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), Alfred Duggan (1903–1964), Alfred W. Pollard (1859–1944), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), Alice Bruce (1867–1951), Alix Kilroy (1903-1999), Ambrose St John (1815-1875), Amrit Kaur (1889–1964), Angus Wilson (1913-1991), Anthony Asquith (1902-1968), Anthony Blond (1928–2008), Anthony "Tony" Bower (1911-1972), Anthony Bushell (1904–1997), Anthony Crosland (1918–1977), Anthony Eden (1897–1977), Anthony Powell (1905-2000), Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent (1884-1940), Antony Copley (1937–2016), Arden Hilliard (1904-1976), Arthur Giardelli (1911–2009), Arthur Gore, 7th Earl of Arran (1903–1958), Arthur Helps (1813–1875), Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), Arthur Sidgwick (1840-1920), Arthur Smith Graham (1871-1928), Augustus Hare (1834–1903), Barbara Hammond (1873-1961), Beau Brummell (1778-1840), Benedict Nicolson (1914-1978), Bernard Winthrop Swithinbank (1884-1958), Bertha Phillpotts (1877–1932), Bessie Charles (1869–1932), Beverley Nichols (1898–1983), Brian Howard (1905-1958), Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick (born 1958), Brigid Brophy (1929–1995), Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905-1992), Bunny Breckinridge (1903–1996), Bunny Roger (1911–1997), C.H.B. Kitchin (1895-1967), C.V. Wedgwood (1910–1997), Carl Winter (1906-1966), Carlo Placci (1861-1941), Caroline Spurgeon (1869–1942), Catherine Pozzi (1882–1934), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), Charles Brasch (1909–1973), Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Charles Harold Curtis Prentice (1891-1949), Charles Holmes (1868–1936), Charles Kegan Paul (1828–1902), Charles Shorting (1841–1897), Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846–1937), Chips Channon (1897–1958), Christabel Marshall (1871-1960), Christopher Hassall (1912–1963), Christopher Hollis (1902–1977), Christopher Strachey (1916–1975), Clara French (1863-1888), Claud Cockburn (1904–1981), Colin Turnbull (1924-1994), Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), Constance Coltman (1889-1969), Cornelia Sorabji (1866–1954), Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), D.G. Champernowne (1912–2000), David Astor (1912–2001), David Carritt (1927–1982), David Cecil (1902–1986), David Frederick Case (1932–2005), David Johnson (1902–1973), David Plunket Greene (1904-1941), David Shipman (1932–1996), Dennis Price (1915-1973), Derek Jackson (1906-1982), Derek Pattinson (1930–2006), Desmond Coke (1879–1931), Desmond Parsons (1910-1937), Desmond Shawe-Taylor (1907-1995), Diana Beck (1900–1956), Donald Gallup (1913-2000), Dorothea Beale (1831–1906), Douglas Cooper (1911–1984), Douglas LePan (1914–1998), E.E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), E.J. Dent (1876–1957), Eardley Knollys (1902-1991), Edith Finch Russell (1900–1978), Edith Morley (1875–1964), Edith Olivier (1872–1948), Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (1873–1944), Edmund Tracey (1927-2007), Édouard Roditi (1910–1992), Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892), Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), Edward Cracroft Lefroy (1855-1891), Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1926-2015), Edward Gathorne-Hardy (1901–1978), Edward Heath (1916–2005), Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (1661-1723), Edward James (1907-1984), Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933), Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928), Edward Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville (1901–1965), Edwin Emmanuel Bradford (1860–1944), Eglantyne Jebb (1876–1928), Eleanor Constance Lodge (1869-1936), Eleanor Jourdain (1863–1924), Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946), Eliza Marian Butler (1885–1959), Elizabeth Wade White (1906–1994), Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840–1932), Elliot Morgan (1906-1999), Emily Davison (1872–1913), Emlyn Williams (1905-1987), Enid Marx (1902–1998), Eric Bentley (born 1916), Eric Stenbock (1860-1895), Ernest Dowson (1867-1900), Ernst Kantorowicz (1895–1963), Ethel Charles (1871–1962), Ethel Smyth (1858–1944), Eudora Welty (1909–2001), Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1879–1966), Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), Evelyn Irons (1900-2000), Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp (1903–1985), Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), F.C.S. Schiller aka Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (1864–1937), F.O. Matthiessen (1902-1950), Fabian S. Woodley (1888–1957), Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), Francis Haskell (1928–2000), Francis King (1923–2011), Francis Turville-Petre (1901–1942), Francis Whithed (1719-1751), Fred Shirley (1890–1967), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805-1872), Frederick Hankey (1833–1892), Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), Frith Banbury (1912–2008), G.H. Hardy (1877–1947), G.T. Lapsley (1871–1949), Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1934–2020), Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (1902-1977), Gavin Lambert (1924-2005), Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969), Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929), Geoffrey Thurlow (1895-1917), George Benson (1613–1692), George Butterworth (1885-1916), George Gabriel Scott Gillett (1873-1948), George Passmore (born 1942), George Pitcher (1925–2018), George Powell (1842-1882), George Rose (1920–1988), George Santayana (1863–1952), Georgy Adamovich (1892-1972), Gerald Caldwell Siordet (1885-1917), Gerald Heard (1889–1971), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), Gerry Zammit (1930–1961), Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), Gervase Elwes (1866–1921), Giles Hibbert (1923-2013), Glyn Simon (1903–1972), Graham Pollard (1903–1976), Grant Allen (1848–1899), Gyles Isham (1903–1976), H. Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989), H.D. Ziman (1902-1983), Hallam Tennyson (1920–2005), Hamish St Clair-Erskine (1909-1973), Harold Acton (1904-1994), Harold Nicolson (1886–1968), Harry Dwight Dillon Ripley (1908-1973), Harry Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester (1905–1964), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888), Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905-1992), Henry William Greville (1801–1872), Henry Yorke (1905-1973), Hilda D. Oakeley (1867–1950), Hilda Matheson (1888–1940), Horatio Brown (1854–1926), Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017), Hugh Lygon (1904-1936), Hurrell Froude (1803–1836), Ian Buist (1930–2012), Ian Harvey (1914–1987), Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), Ivor Novello (1893-1951), Jacqueline Hope-Wallace (1909-2011), Jaime Gil de Biedma (1929–1990), James B. Nelson (1930-2015), James Courage (1903-1963), James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915), James Joll (1918–1994), James Lees-Milne (1908-1997), James Pope-Hennessy (1916–1974), James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin (1903–1960), Jan Morris (1926-2020), Janet Ruth Bacon (1891–1965), Janet Vaughan (1899–1993), Janette Ranken (1877–1970), Jaquelin T. Robertson (1933–2020), Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), Jeremy Wolfenden (1934–1965), Jerone R. Hart (1946-2010), Joan Evans (1893–1977), Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966), John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), John Beazley (1885–1970), John Betjeman (1906-1984), John Bramston (1832–1921), John Collins (1905–1982), John Conington (1825–1869), John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd (1900–1978), John Drake Moore (1924-2006), John Drury-Lowe (1905-1960), John Fothergill (1876–1957), John Francis Bloxam (1873-1928), John Gambril Nicholson (1866–1931), John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006), John Henry Newman (1801-1890), John Marshall (1860-1928), John Nigel Richards (1908-1944), John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994), John Schlesinger (1926-2003), John Sparrow (1906–1992), John Sutro (1903–1985), John Swinton (1703–1777), John Temple Leader (1810–1903), John Thomas Claridge (1792–1868), John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney (1712–1784), John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden (1906–1985), Joseph Hardcastle (1815–1899), Julia Arnold Huxley (1862-1908), Julie Mullard (1912–1996), Kate Millett (1934–2017), Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), Kathleen Chesney (1899-1976), Kathleen Courtney (1878–1974), Keith Winter (1906-1983), Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark (1903–1983), Kenneth Kendall (1924–2012), L.P. Hartley (1895–1972), Leigh Ashton (1897–1983), Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989), Lilian Baylis (1874-1937), Lillian Penson (1896–1963), Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994), Lionel Blue (1930-2016), Lionel Johnson (1867–1902), Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946), Louis MacNeice (1907–1963), Lucile Council (1898-1964), Lucy Burns (1879–1966), Lucy Donnelly (1870–1948), Lyulph Stanley, 7th Baron Sheffield (1915-1971), Marc-André Raffalovich (1864–1934), Margaret Benson (1865–1916), Margaret Haig Thomas, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), Margaret Jourdain (1876–1951), Margaret Lambert (1906-1995), Margery Fry (1874–1958), Mark Littman (1920-2015), Mark Ogilvie-Grant (1905-1969), Mark Twain (1835–1910), Martin Stevens (1929–1986), Martyn Goff (1923–2015), Mary Renault (1905-1983), Mary Somerville (1780–1872), Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks (1891–1975), Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), Matthew Bourne (born 1960), Matthew Lewis (1775-1818), Matthew Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1904–1976), Maude Royden (1876-1956), Maundy Gregory (1877–1941), Maurice Bowra (1898-1971), Maurice Oldfield (1915–1981), Michael Benthall (1919–1974), Michael Dillon (1915-1962), Michael Llewelyn Davies (1900-1921), Michael Montague, Baron Montague of Oxford (1932-1999), Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (1906–1979), Mildred Pope (1872–1956), Montague Haltrecht (1932–2010), Montague Summers (1880–1948), Mordaunt Shairp (1887–1939), Moses John Jackson (1858–1923), Neal Blewett (born 1933), Ned Sherrin (1931-2007), Nellie Benson (1863-1890), Nicholas Udall (1504-1556), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664–1753), Nigel Nicolson (1917–2004), Noel Yvri Sandwith (1901-1965), Norman Moor (1851–1895), Norman R. Gale (1862–1942), Norman St John-Stevas (1929-2012), Oleg Kerensky (1930-1993), Olive Stevenson (1930–2013), Olive Willis (1877–1964), Oliver Sacks (1933–2015), Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Parker Lloyd Smith (1902-1931), Patrick Anderson (1915–1979), Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904-1976), Paul Dehn (1912-1976), Paul Latham (1905–1955), Paul Walker (1952-1993), Percy Lancelot Osborn (1870-1951), Peter Burra (1909-1937), Peter Glenville (1913-1996), Peter Pears (1910–1986), Peter Quennell (1905–1993), Peter Rodd (1904–1968), Peter Warlock (real name Philip Arnold Heseltine, 1894–1930), Peter Watson (1908-1956), Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999), Peter Wilson (1913–1984), Philip Charles Thomson Ritchie (1899-13, 1927), Philip Morrell (1870–1943), Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835–1866), Philip Trower (1923-2019), Phillipa Foot (1920–2010), Quentin Bell (1910–1996), R.C. Robertson-Glasgow (1901-1965), Robert Cedric (R.C.) Sherriff (1896–1975), R.W. Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969), Ralph Partridge (1894-1960), Raoul Loveday aka Frederick Charles Loveday (1900-1923), Raymond Mortimer (1895–1980), Reginald Tiddy (1880– 1916), Reginald Turner (1869-1938), Reynolds Price (1933– 2011), Richard Addinsell (1904-1977), Richard Barnfield (1574–1620), Richard Buckle (1916–2001), Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), Richard MacGillivray Dawkins (1871–1955), Richard Pares (1902–1958), Richard Plunket Greene (1901-1978), Richard Rive (1931–1989), Richard Rumbold (1913-1961), Richard West (1716-1742), Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby (1900-1986), Robert Byron (1905–1941), Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset (1587–1645), Robert Flemyng (1912–1995), Robert Graves (1895-1985), Robert Herbert (1831-1905), Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston (1796-1867), Robert Liddell (1908–1992), Robert Thistlethwayte (1690–1744), Robin Gandy (1919–1995), Roger D. Hansen (1936-1991), Roger Hollis (1905–1973), Roger Senhouse (1899–1970), Ronald Eyre (1929–1992), Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), Rose Sidgwick (1877-1918), Roy Harrod (1900–1978), Roy Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead (1920–2003), Rupert Allan (1912-1991), Rupert Buxton (1900-1921), S.E. Cottam (1863–1943), Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), Sandy Wilson (1924–2014), Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938-1988), Stanley Addleshaw (1871-1951), Stella Browne (1880–1955), Stephen Spender (1909-1995), Stephen Tomlin (1901–1937), Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009), Stewart Mitchell (1892–1957), Susan Sontag (1933-2004), Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976), T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935), Terence Greenidge (1902-1970), Terence Rattigan (1911-1977), Theodore R. Sarbin (1911-2005), Thomas Baty (1869–1954), Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier (1836-1910), Thomas Legge (1535–1607), Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849), Thomas Painter (1905-1978), Tom Driberg (1905-1976), Tony Richardson (1928–1991), U.A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009), Vera Brittain (1893–1970), Vera Douie (1894-1979), Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954), W.H. Auden (1907-1973), Walter Clemons (1929-1994), Walter Hussey (1909–1985), Walter Pater (1839-1894), Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), Wilfrid Israel (1899–1943), Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901-1987), William A. Emboden (born 1935), William Acton (1906-1945), William Alexander Jackson (1905-1964), William Dickey (1928–1994), William Douglas Home (1912–1992), William Gaskill (1930–2016), William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow (1902– 1978), William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849), William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938), William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp (1903–1979), William Money Hardinge (1854–1916), William Walton (1902-1983), Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), Woldemar Graf Uxkull-Gyllenband (1898-1939).
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