List of founders of English schools and colleges

This is a list of the founders of English schools, colleges, and universities.

Oxford Colleges

Further information: Colleges of the University of Oxford

Colleges of the University of Oxford were founded by:

Founder	College and year of foundation
William of Durham	University College, 1249
John I de Balliol	Balliol College, 1263
Walter de Merton	Merton College, 1264
Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter	Exeter College, 1314
Adam de Brome	Oriel College, 1324
Robert de Eglesfield, chaplain of Queen Philippa	Queen's College, 1341
William of Wykeham	New College, 1379
Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln	Lincoln College, 1427
Henry Chichele	All Souls College, 1438
William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester	Magdalen College, 1458
Richard Sutton and William Smyth	Brasenose College, 1509
Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester	Corpus Christi College, 1517
King Henry VIII	Christ Church, 1546
Sir Thomas Pope	Trinity College, 1555
Sir Thomas White	St John's College, 1555
Hugh Price	Jesus College, 1571
Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham	Wadham College, 1610
King James I	Pembroke College, 1624

Cambridge Colleges

Further information: Colleges of the University of Cambridge

Colleges of the University of Cambridge were founded by:

Founder	College and year of foundation
Hugh de Balsham	Peterhouse, 1284
Margaret of Anjou	Queens' College, 1448
Elizabeth Woodville	Queens' College, 1465 (refounded)
John Alcock	Jesus College, 1496
Lady Margaret Beaufort	Christ's College, 1505
Lady Margaret Beaufort & St John Fisher	St John's College, 1511
Thomas Audley	Magdalene College, 1542 (refounded)
John Caius	Gonville and Caius College, 1557 (refounded)
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex	Sidney Sussex College, 1596
Emily Davies Barbara Bodichon Lady Stanley of Alderley	Girton College, 1869
15th Duke of Norfolk	St Edmund's House, later College, 1896

English schools

English schools were founded by:

Founder	School and year of foundation
St Augustine	The King's School, Canterbury, 597 AD
St Justus	The King's School, Rochester, 604 AD
Herbert de Losinga	Norwich School, 1096
Walkelin de Derby	Derby School, c. 1165
Isabella of France	Bablake School, 1344
William of Wykeham	Winchester College, 1382
Henry VI of England	Eton College, 1440
Hugh Oldham	Manchester Grammar School, 1515
William Radcliffe	Stamford School, 1532
John Incent	Berkhamsted Collegiate School, 1541
King Henry VIII	Durham School, 1541 (refounded) The King's School, Canterbury, 1541 (refounded) The King's School, Chester, 1541 The King's School, Gloucester, 1541 The King's School, Peterborough, 1541 The King's School, Rochester, 1541 (refounded) The King's School, Worcester, 1541
William Dauntesey	Dauntsey's School, 1542
King Edward VI	Sherborne School, 1550 King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, 1551 King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, 1551 Shrewsbury School, 1552 King Edward's School, Bath, 1552 King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1552
King Edward VI and Nicholas Ridley	King Edward's School, Witley, 1553
William Harpur	Bedford School, refounded 1552
Sir John Gresham	Gresham's School, 1555
Sir William Laxton	Oundle School, 1556
Queen Elizabeth I	Westminster School, 1560 (refounded)
Lawrence Sheriff	Rugby School, 1562
Sir Roger Cholmeley	Highgate School, 1565
Robert Harvard (Father of John Harvard - founder of Harvard University) One of four founders	St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School, 1571
John Lyon	Harrow School, 1572
Thomas Aldersey	Aldersey Grammar School, 1575
William Lambe	Sutton Valence School, 1576
Edmund Grindal	St Bees School, 1583
John Whitgift	Whitgift School, 1596
Sir Thomas Gresham	Gresham College, 1597
Richard Platt	Aldenham School, 1597
Henry Lee of Ditchley	Aylesbury Grammar School, 1598
Peter Blundell	Blundell's School, 1604
Thomas Sutton	Charterhouse School, 1611
Stephen Perse	The Perse School, 1615
Edward Alleyn	Dulwich College, 1619
William Glegg	Calday Grange Grammar School, 1636
Robert Aske	Haberdashers' Aske's School, 1690
Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth	Lord Weymouth's School now Warminster School, 1707
John Wesley	Kingswood School, 1748
Moses Benson	St. James's School, Liverpool, 1802
Andrew Reed	London Asylum for Orphans (later Reed's School), 1813
William Sewell	Radley College, 1847
Nathaniel Woodard	Lancing College, 1848 Hurstpierpoint College, 1849 Ardingly College, 1858 Denstone College, 1868 Abbots Bromley School for Girls, 1874 King's College (Taunton), 1880 Ellesmere College, 1884 Worksop College, 1890
Queen Victoria	Wellington College, 1853
Francis Pocock	Monkton Combe School, 1868
Frederick Savage	Seaford College, 1884
John Haden Badley	Bedales School, 1893
Olive Willis	Downe House, 1907
Alexander Nikitich	Carfax Tutorial Establishment, 2008

English schools and colleges outside England

Sir Henry Lawrence - Lawrence Schools at Sanawar, Ooty
Claude Martin - La Martiniere College Schools at Lucknow, Kolkata and Lyon

References

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