University of Oxford

University coat of arms

The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the United Kingdom, comprising a number of self-governing colleges and other institutions, most of which are located in and around the centre of Oxford.

LGBT history

The Oxford University LGBT Lectures have been held annually since 2010.

Notable alumni and academics

Balliol College

• Anthony Asquith
• Lionel Blue
• Boris Johnson
• Algernon Charles Swinburne
• John Addington Symonds

Brasenose College

• David Cameron

Christ Church

• see Christ Church, Oxford.

Corpus Christi College

• Alan Hollinghurst (lecturer)
• Kenneth Kendall

Exeter College

• Alan Bennett

Hertford College

• Richard Addinsell

Jesus College

• T E Lawrence

Magdalen College

• Alan Hollinghurst
• H Montgomery Hyde
• John Mark Ainsley
• Lord Alfred Douglas
• John Wolfenden (fellow)
• Matt Houlbrook
• Oscar Wilde

Merton College

• Edmund Backhouse

New College

• Maurice Bowra
• Edward Perry Warren
• Ian Buist
• Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
• Neil MacGregor

Nuffield College

• Michael Steed

Oriel College

• John Henry Newman (Fellow)

Pembroke College

• David Allen Green
• Hugh Lygon

Queen's College

• Walter Pater

Somerville College

• Alan Hollinghurst (lecturer)

St Anne's College

• Michael Dillon (as Laura Dillon)

St Catherine's College

• Jeanette Winterson

St Edmund Hall

• Peter Scott-Presland

St John's College

• A E Housman

Trinity College

• Terence Rattigan
• Jeremy Thorpe

University College

• Owen Jones
• William Whitehead

Wadham College

• Maurice Bowra (Warden)
• Andrew Hodges (Fellow)
• Robert Thistlethwayte (Warden)
• John Wilkins (Warden)
• Rowan Williams

Wolfson College

• David Isaac