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St John's College, Oxford

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[File:View across St Giles towards St John's College - geograph.org.uk - 1289963 cropped.jpg|thumb|View across St Giles towards St John's]]St John's College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.

It was founded in 1555 by the merchant Sir Thomas White, intended to provide a source of educated Roman Catholic clerics to support the Counter-Reformation under Queen Mary.

Alumni