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'''Brasenose College''', officially '''The King's Hall and College of Brasenose''', is one of the constituent colleges of the [[University of Oxford]]. It is located on Radcliffe Square, opposite the [[Radcliffe Camera]] and close to the Oxford High Street. Neighbouring colleges include [[Lincoln College]] and [[Hertford College]].
==History==
The College was founded and incorporated in 1509 by Sir Richard Sutton, a lawyer, and William Smyth, [[Bishop]] of [[Lincoln]]. Initially a poor college, it was deeply in debt by the outbreak of the [[English Civil War]] in the 1640s, in which, like the rest of Oxford, it supported the King; the Principal of Brasenose, Samuel Radcliffe, refused to recognise the [[Parliament]]ary takeover of the University in 1649 and remained loyal to the [[Charles I|King]]. Despite its previous financial difficulties, by the late eighteenth century it had a reputation as one of the wealthiest and most aristocratic Oxford colleges.<ref>[http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/history/his/index.html History of Brasenose]</ref>
In the nineteenth century the College was a leader in the development of University [[sport]], predominantly [[rowing]] and [[cricket]].
Brasenose first admitted women [[undergraduates]] in [[1974]].
===Origin of the name===
The unusual name of the college is thought to originate from a brazen ([[bronze]]) [[door knocker]] in the shape of a [[nose]].<ref>[http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/history/his/page4.html Origin of the Name]</ref> The door knocker which today hangs over the High Table in Brasenose College is thought to be the original knocker from the [[medieval]] Brasenose Hall.
==Famous alumni==
*[[David Cameron]]
*[[Henry Addington]], an eighteenth-century [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Prime Minister]]
*[[William Golding]], author
[[Category:University of Oxford]]
==History==
The College was founded and incorporated in 1509 by Sir Richard Sutton, a lawyer, and William Smyth, [[Bishop]] of [[Lincoln]]. Initially a poor college, it was deeply in debt by the outbreak of the [[English Civil War]] in the 1640s, in which, like the rest of Oxford, it supported the King; the Principal of Brasenose, Samuel Radcliffe, refused to recognise the [[Parliament]]ary takeover of the University in 1649 and remained loyal to the [[Charles I|King]]. Despite its previous financial difficulties, by the late eighteenth century it had a reputation as one of the wealthiest and most aristocratic Oxford colleges.<ref>[http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/history/his/index.html History of Brasenose]</ref>
In the nineteenth century the College was a leader in the development of University [[sport]], predominantly [[rowing]] and [[cricket]].
Brasenose first admitted women [[undergraduates]] in [[1974]].
===Origin of the name===
The unusual name of the college is thought to originate from a brazen ([[bronze]]) [[door knocker]] in the shape of a [[nose]].<ref>[http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/history/his/page4.html Origin of the Name]</ref> The door knocker which today hangs over the High Table in Brasenose College is thought to be the original knocker from the [[medieval]] Brasenose Hall.
==Famous alumni==
*[[David Cameron]]
*[[Henry Addington]], an eighteenth-century [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Prime Minister]]
*[[William Golding]], author
[[Category:University of Oxford]]