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Exeter College
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Exeter College
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Blazon: Argent, two bends nebuly sable (arms of Stapledon) within a bordure of the last charged with eight pairs of keys, addorsed and interlaced in the rings, the wards upwards, or.
University Oxford
Location Turl Street
Coordinates 51°45′14″N 1°15′22″W / 51.753871°N 1.256046°W / 51.753871; -1.256046
Full name The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford
Latin name Collegium Exoniense
Motto Latin: [Floreat Exon] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Let Exeter Flourish)
Established 1314; 710 years ago (1314)
Named for Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter
Previous names Stapeldon Hall
Sister college Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Rector Sir Richard Trainor
Undergraduates 346 (2019/2020)
Postgraduates 227
Visiting students 26
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Boat club Exeter College Boat Club
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Exeter College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Exeter College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the university.

The college is located on Turl Street, where it was founded in 1314 by Devon-born Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, as a school to educate clergymen. At its foundation Exeter was popular with the sons of the Devonshire gentry, though has since become associated with a much broader range of notable alumni, including William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, Richard Burton, Roger Bannister, Alan Bennett, and Philip Pullman.

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