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Hertford College, Oxford | colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#000066" | Hertford College | | olspan="2" align=center|220px | | idth="50%"|Established | width="50%"|1282 | | idth="50%"|Sister College | width="50%"|None | | idth="50%"|Principal | width="50%"|Sir Walter Bodmer | | idth="50%"|College Cat | width="50%"|Simpkins | | idth="50%"|Undergraduates | width="50%"|360 | Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library. History The college was originally founded - as Hart Hall - in 1282 by Elias de Hertford. In medieval Oxford, halls were simply lodging houses for students, and thus did not have the same status as fully-fledged colleges. The first attempt to establish Hart Hall as a full college came in the late 18th century, but ran into funding problems. The buildings were subsequently taken over by Magdalen Hall. In 1874, the combined Hart Hall / Magdalen Hall was finally re-established as a full college, largely due to the sponsorship of Sir Thomas Baring. Hertford was one of the first five co-educational colleges in the university. It has a higher ratio of women to men than is usual at Oxford University. In the 1960s it was also one of the first colleges to encourage applicants from state schools, and has a significantly higher proportion of students from state schools relative to private schools. The College Site The main college consists of three quadrangles: Old Quadrangle, New Quadrangle and Holywell Quadrangle. The Old Quadrangle (Old quad or OB (old building) quad for short), as the name suggests, is the oldest and the original quadrangle. It incorporates the lodge, library, chapel, hall, bursary and other administrative buildings. It is also home to many of the studies of senior fellows and tutors. Old quad is the only Hertford quadrangle to have a lawn in the centre, in the traditional college style. The lawn is off-limits during Michaelmas and Hilary terms but freely traversable during Trinity term. Senior fellows of the college are granted the privilege of being able to walk across the lawn all year round. The New Quadrangle (New Quad or NB quad for short) is connected to the Old Quadrangle via the famous Hertford Bridge or Bridge of Sighs which was designed by Thomas Jackson. New quad is primarily composed of undergraduate housing and associated facilities. The MCR (Middle Common Room) octagon is also situated in New quad and is off limits to undergraduates. Holywell Quadrangle backs directly onto New quad and the two are connected by an arched corridor which also contains the steps down to Hertford's subterranean bar. Holywell is almost exclusively first year undergraduate housing and therefore contains the JCR (Junior Common Room). The Baring room occupies the highest level of one of the 5 staircases in Holywell and is named after the benefactor whose funding made the transition from Hertford being classed as a hall of residence to a fully fledged college. Fellows of the College Famous Former Students External links
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