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Brasenose : the biography of an Oxford college / J. Mordaunt Crook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crook, J. Mordaunt (Joseph Mordaunt), 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brasenose College (University of Oxford)--History.
- Brasenose College (University of Oxford).
- Brasenose College (University of Oxford)--Biography.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 555 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 1509-1688: Martyrs and King's Men: Reformation, War, and Revolution 6
- 2 1688-1785: Georgian Brasenose: Tories and Jacobites, Methodists and Freemasons 95
- 3 1785-1822: 'The First College in Oxford': Cleaver, Hodson, and the Hebers 159
- 4 1822-1853: Religion and Reform: The Brasenose of Gilbert and Harington 201
- 5 1853-1886: The Age of Athletic Prizemen: Walter Pater and 'the Chief' 246
- 6 1886-1918: Officers and Gentlemen: The Days of Haig and Buchan 290
- 7 1918-1948: Brideshead Suspended: The Legacy of Stallybrass 324
- 8 1948 onwards: All Change: Towards a Global Elite 385
- Plans: College Site and Buildings 434
- A List of Principals 436
- B List of Major Benefactors 437
- C Members of the Phoenix Common Room 442
- D List of Rhodes Scholars 477
- E Presidents of the Brasenose Society 485
- F The College Grace 487.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199544868
- 0199544867
- OCLC:
- 231883563
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