Walter de Merton

Walter de Merton

male, deceased (1277)
Roman Catholic bishop, Malden, University of Oxford, Lord Chancellor, Wells, Henry III…MertonCollege, Oxford, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, merton, William de Merton
Walter de Merton (c.1205 - 27 October 1277) was Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford. Walter was born probably at Merton in...
Henry Savile

Henry Savile

male, deceased (1622)
Sir Henry Savile, Bible translator, Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford, tudor, Earl of Essex, Lord Burghley…Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, Brasenose College, Oxford, MertonCollege, Oxford
Sir Henry Savile (November 30 1549 - February 19, 1622), Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton, was the son of Henry Savile of...
Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm

male, deceased (1956)
Reginald Turner, Modern Latin author, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Maximilian Beerbohm, The Works of Max Beerbohm…Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, MertonCollege, Oxford
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. He was born in London, England, the...
John Marshall

John Marshall

male, deceased (1496)
Roman Catholic bishop, MertonCollege, Oxford, bishop, cathedral, windsor, canon…Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
John Marshall (or Marshal was a Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales. John was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford and a canon of Windsor. On 6...
Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon

male, 47 years old
poet, Savant Syndrome, Autism, Guardian award winner, Commonwealth Writers Prize, Asperger's syndrome…Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, Brasenose College, MertonCollege, Oxford
Mark Haddon (born 1962 in Northampton) is a novelist and poet, who was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied...
Edmund Blunden

Edmund Blunden

male, deceased (1974)
Christ's Hospital Old Blue, Christ's Hospital, World War I poet, World War I, University of Hong Kong, ypres…Queen's College, Oxford, MertonCollege, Oxford, Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford, Oxford University
Edmund Charles Blunden, MC (November 1, 1896 - January 20, 1974), although not one of the top trio of English World War I writers, was an important...

Hugo Dyson

male, deceased (1975)
Christian, debater, Academic of the University of Reading, English, University of Reading, The Lord of the Rings…MertonCollege, Oxford, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
Henry Victor Dyson Dyson, generally known as Hugo Dyson and who signed his writings H. V. D. Dyson, was an English academic and a member of the...
Reynolds Price

Reynolds Price

male, 76 years old
James B. Duke Professor, biblical scholarship, MertonCollege, Oxford, Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, American Academy of Arts and Letters, A Long and Happy Life
Reynolds Price (born February_1, 1933, as Edward Reynolds Price) is a American novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of...
Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

male, 52 years old
Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, chief executive officer, hertfordshire, Stonyhurst College, Director-General, MertonCollege, Oxford…Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, Honorary Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, merton college
Mark Thompson (born July 31 1957) is Director-General of the BBC, a post he has held since 2006, and a former chief executive of Channel 4. Born in...
Richard Steele

Richard Steele

male, deceased (1729)
British magazine publisher, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Magazine founder, Robert Harley, Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, Household Cavalry…MertonCollege, Oxford
Sir Richard Steele (bap. March 12, 1672 - September 1, 1729) was an Irish writer and politician, remembered, along with his friend, Joseph Addison,...