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Lincoln College
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University Oxford
Location Turl Street
Coordinates 51°45′12″N 1°15′21″W / 51.75326°N 1.255905°W / 51.75326; -1.255905
Full name The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln
Latin name Collegium Lincolniense
Established 1427; 597 years ago (1427)
Named for Richard Fleming (Bishop of Lincoln)
Sister college Downing College, Cambridge
Rector Prof. Henry Woudhuysen
Undergraduates 308 (2011–12)
Postgraduates 299
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Lincoln College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Lincoln College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the then Bishop of Lincoln.

Notable alumni include John Radcliffe, John Wesley, antibiotics scientists Howard Florey, Edward Abraham, and Norman Heatley, Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), David John Moore Cornwell (John le Carré), Rachel Maddow, and current UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Mensa was founded at Lincoln College in 1946. Lincoln College has one of the oldest working medieval kitchens in the UK.

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