Balliol College (University of Oxford) (Oxford)

United Kingdom / England / Oxford / Broad Street
 academic institution, constituent college

Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. With almost 400 undergraduate students and an equal number of graduates, Balliol is one of the largest colleges of the University. Traditionally, the undergraduates are amongst the most politically active in the university, and the college's alumni include three former prime ministers. H. H. Asquith (a graduate of Balliol and British Prime Minister). Adam Smith, a graduate student of the college, is perhaps its best known alumnus. As of 2009, Balliol had an endowment of £64 m.

www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/


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Coordinates:   51°45'17"N   1°15'28"W
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