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Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
The college is named after the third Earl of Pembroke who at the time was chancellor of the university. The college was founded to provide boys from Abingdon School with places at university. The college is situated in buildings formerly used by the famous medieval Hall Broadgates.
1 Notable Former Students
- Francis Beaumont
- William Blackstone
- Edmund Bonner
- Thomas Browne
- William Camden
- Julian Critchley
- Denzil Davies
- William Fulbright
- Sir Charles Hawtrey
- George Procter Hawtrey
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2 Academics/Teachers
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- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Naci Mehmet
1 External link
Official website
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