The History of St.Anthony's College 1950-2000 by C S Nicholls

The History of St.Anthony's College 1950-2000 by C S Nicholls

St Antony's College, Oxford, was founded by Antonin Besse, a French entrepreneur who wanted to establish an international college in France. When this proved impossible, he turned to the University of Oxford, and the college opened its doors to students there in October 1950. Under the inspired leadership of William Deakin, St Antony's became a centre for postgraduate teaching, specializing in area studies. From the beginning it was the most deliberately inter-national of all Oxford colleges, and by 1999 its students were drawn from over forty different countries. It was also the first Oxford college to admit substantial numbers of both men and women. Based on archival materials and personal recollections, this book recounts the college's struggles to develop and fund its ambitious academic programmes. It also describes the changing lifestyle of its students in a period of expanding postgraduate education.

'An accurate, readable and amusing account of a lively institution' - Marrack Goulding, Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford

C.S. NICHOLLS was awarded her doctorate by St Antony's College. She was co-editor, then editor of the Dictionary of National Biography 1977-95, producing five volumes, including Missing Persons. She was also editor of the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia of Biography (1996). Her books include The Swahili Coast (1971), Cataract (1985), Power: A Political History of the 20th Century (1990), and David Livingstone (1998).

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ISBN 13	9780333791837
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Title	The History of St.Anthony's College 1950-2000
Author	C S Nicholls
Series	St Antony's Series
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Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	2000-02-11
Number of pages	328
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