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'''Balliol College''' is one of the colleges of the [[University of Oxford]]. Thought to have been founded in 1263,<ref name="sh">[http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/history/history/ A Short History of Balliol]</ref> it has some claim to be the oldest college, although this is disputed. It was named for its benefactor, the 13th-century nobleman John Balliol.
Today the College has about 400 [[undergraduate]] and 200 [[postgraduate]] students.<ref>[http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/ Balliol College homepage]</ref> It is located on the corner of St Giles and Broad Street, in central [[Oxford]].
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[[Category:University of Oxford]]