Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College
University of Oxford
The Front Quad of Lincoln College
Arms: see below
LocationTurl Street, Oxford OX1 3DR
Coordinates51°45′12″N 1°15′21″W / 51.75326°N 1.255905°W / 51.75326; -1.255905
Full nameThe College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln
Latin nameCollegium Lincolniense
Established1427 (1427)
Named forRichard Fleming (Bishop of Lincoln)
Sister collegeDowning College, Cambridge
RectorNigel Clifford
Undergraduates308 (2011–12)
Postgraduates299
Endowment£122.4 million (2018)
Websitewww.lincoln.ox.ac.uk
Boat clubBoat Club website
Map
Location in Oxford city centre

Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the then Bishop of Lincoln, who obtained a charter for the college from King Henry VI.

The college is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford and has three quadrangles. The first quadrangle dates from the 15th century, with the second Chapel quadrangle added in the early 17th century and The Grove added in the 19th century. The college library is located in the converted 18th-century All Saints' Church which became part of the college in 1971. Its sister college is Downing College, Cambridge. Mensa, the oldest high-IQ society in the world, was founded at the college in 1946.

The Rector of the college is former president of the Royal Geographical Society Nigel Clifford. Notable alumni include writers Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and David John Moore Cornwell (John le Carré), former British prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour politician Shabana Mahmood. Past fellows include the founder of Methodism John Wesley, the physician John Radcliffe and antibiotics scientists Howard Florey, Edward Abraham, and Norman Heatley.