Lincoln College, Oxford
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Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford,[3] situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the then bishop of Lincoln.
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| Oxford | ||||||||||||
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 Arms: see below | ||||||||||||
| Location | Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DR | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51.75326°N 1.255905°W / 51.75326; -1.255905 | |||||||||||
| Full name | The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln | |||||||||||
| Latin name | Collegium Lincolniense | |||||||||||
| Established | 1427; 597 years ago (1427) | |||||||||||
| Named for | Richard Fleming (Bishop of Lincoln) | |||||||||||
| Sister college | Downing College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
| Rector | Prof. Henry Woudhuysen | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 308[1] (2011–12) | |||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 299 | |||||||||||
| Endowment | £122.4 million (2018)[2] | |||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||
| Boat club | Boat Club website | |||||||||||
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  Location in Oxford city centre | ||||||||||||
Notable alumni include the physician John Radcliffe, the founder of Methodism John Wesley, antibiotics scientists Howard Florey, Edward Abraham, and Norman Heatley, writers Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and David John Moore Cornwell (John le Carré), the journalist Rachel Maddow, and the current British prime minister Rishi Sunak. Mensa was founded at Lincoln College in 1946. Lincoln College has one of the oldest working medieval kitchens in the UK.[4]