Regent's Park College, Oxford
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Regent's Park College is a Permanent Private Hall
in the University of Oxford
, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles.
The College admits both undergraduate and graduate students to take Oxford degrees in a variety of Arts, Humanities and Social Science subjects. The College also trains men and women for ordained ministry among Baptist churches in Great Britain and overseas.
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The premises at Stepney consisted of two large houses near Whitechapel Road. Between them was King John’s Tower. This structure, which can still be seen in the present Regent’s Park College crest, is believed to be all that remained of a royal suburban lodge. In 1849 Dr Joseph Angus (Principal 1849–1893) became Principal at just 33 years old. At the beginning of his time as Principal, Angus admitted a small number of lay students to college. His belief was that it would benefit the ministerial students to have contact with them as well as bringing much needed finances to the Academy.
After sites in Gordon Square and Primrose Hill were considered, on 12 December 1855 Angus decided to relocate the College to Holford House in the rural environs of Regent’s Park and to rename the Academy ‘Regent’s Park College’. Holford House was a private dwelling built in the classical Georgian style on crown land. Students were able to read for university degrees in the Arts and Law, as well as training for Christian ministry.
In 1856, anxious to ensure the College had a high academic standing, he sought to move closer to University College in order that closer links could be fostered with the University of London. From this point onwards the relationship with the University of London, which began as early as 1841, began to develop and for the first time Baptist ministerial students were able to associate closely with the University of London. According to Angus the links with the University drove up standards of scholarship in the college. In 1901 the College became an official Divinity School of the University of London.
In 1920 G P Gould (1896–1920) passed on to H Wheeler Robinson the role of Principal, a post he would hold until 1942. Wheeler Robinson was educated at Regent’s Park College for one session; he then went to Edinburgh University and finally onto Mansfield College, Oxford. Wheeler Robinson believed that Oxford was a more congenial setting than London for a college. This belief, coupled with the lure of the advantages of the tutorial system and the fact that the Baptist Church remained the only Free Church denomination without a college in one of the ancient universities, led Wheeler Robinson to decide to relocate the College to Oxford.
, Hertford College and Corpus Christi College
The first 4 students went to Oxford in 1928. The site in Oxford was to be used along with the London premises for a further 10 years. At this time many of the classes were held at Mansfield College and other lectures were held at various other colleges.
As early as 1924, Wheeler Robinson started to promote his plans for a new building scheme on the Oxford site to former students. Between 1935 and 1938 he and E A Payne spoke a various meetings and raised £20,000 of the £50,000 needed for the project.
The foundation stones for Helwys Hall were laid on 21 July 1938 by representatives from the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, The Particular Baptist Fund, The Baptist Missionary Society. Stones were also laid in memory of Angus and Gould, former Principals of the college.
Main Block was constructed, consisting of 16 study bedrooms, along with Helwys Hall, the College Library, the Senior Common Room and part of the building on Pusey Street.
1957
Regent’s Park College became a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford. From this point on the College underwent dramatic change under the leadership of its eleventh Principal, Gwynne Henton Davies (1958–1972). During this period the college once again started to accept non-ministerial undergraduates and new buildings were erected to accommodate the College’s growing size. Since then, the student body has grown to include around 110 undergraduate students and 50 graduates, as well as ministerial students.
1958
Reconstruction and remodelling of the east end of the quad and back of 55 St Giles.
1961
Balding student accommodation block built, and longest single pane of glass in Europe fitted.
1966–1968
Further developments to the South side (Pusey Street) which completes the quad.
1977
Angus student accommodation block built.
1985
Wheeler Robinson House (on the corner of St Giles and Pusey Street) built.
2008
When Greyfriars Hall closed in 2008 the remaining 30 students joined Regent’s Park College.
Helwys Hall, as it is now known, is an imposing room with a very high ceiling clad in Canadian pine. Above the High Table there is a Symbolic representation of the main emphases of Baptist life and faith designed by Dr H Wheeler Robinson (Principal 1920–1942). Helwys Hall is home to some fine portraits which taken together present a brief history of the College. Most of the former Principals’ portraits are displayed including a recent portrait of Professor Paul Fiddes. There are also portraits of Joshua Marshman, Hannah Marshman, William Carey, and Willam Ward who were all missionaries to India and Andrew Fuller who was a missionary and first secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society. Helwys Hall was completely renovated in 2009 with a gift to the Annual Fund from an anonymous donor.
The core of the collection was left to Regent’s Park College by Dr. Joseph Angus who was Principal from 1849 to 1893. The Angus now comprises over 70,000 printed books, pamphlets, journals, church and association records, church histories, manuscript letters and other artifacts from the late fifteenth century to the present day. The collection relates to the life and history of Baptists in Britain and the wider world. Alongside this unique insight into Baptist and nonconformist history there is a considerable amount of material from non-Baptist sources relating to issues and controversies in which Baptists were involved. There is also an extensive hymnody collection from various denominations and cultures. Many of the items are only found in The Angus Library.
The Angus incorporates the former libraries and archives of:
Apart from the origins of the Baptist movement, the collection has special holdings relating to:
The Angus Library and Archive is used by international scholars researching Baptist history, the history of Dissent in the UK, the social history of foreign missions and linguistics. It is also used by members of the public researching, among other things, the history of their families or local communities. Each year there are in the region of 1000 requests for information from outside the University of Oxford. The people involved in research come from a variety of countries including the USA, Australia, China, India, the Caribbean and Europe.
Students are provided with guaranteed accommodation in the first and final years of study. In the first year this usually takes the form of a study bedroom, whereas in the third year students tend to live on site in flats in either Wheeler Robinson House, the Gould Building or the Angus Building.
Regent’s Park College students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities. There are sports teams in football (men’s and ladies’), rowing, netball and basketball as well as opportunities to play other sports for other University colleges. The Junior Common Room also provides Arts activities, such as an annual play and pantomime, as well as several social societies. The Junior Common Room itself is a large oak-panelled room, including leather sofas, a sound system for bi-termly parties (bops), a football table. The College Bar includes a TV and quiz machine. There is also a free DVD rental library.
Each summer, the college hosts a themed ball named The Final Fling. Croquet and Pimms are enjoyed on the Quad, which is also occupied by the college tortoise Emmanuelle. Emmanuelle is around 90 years old, and has won the Corpus Christi Tortoise Fair.
In the early days of the college at Oxford there was a Latin grace which was thought to be composed by Dr Aubrey Argyle:
Agimus Tibi gratias, Omnipotens Deus, pro his et universis donis Tuis quae de Tua largitate sumus sumturi, Per Jesum Christum, Dominum Nostrum. Amen.
Permanent Private Hall
A Permanent Private Hall at the University of Oxford is an educational institution within the university. There are six Permanent Private Halls at Oxford, five of which admit undergraduates. They were founded by different Christian denominations....
in the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles.
The College admits both undergraduate and graduate students to take Oxford degrees in a variety of Arts, Humanities and Social Science subjects. The College also trains men and women for ordained ministry among Baptist churches in Great Britain and overseas.
Origins in Stepney, East London
Regent’s Park College traces its roots back to the formation of the London Baptist Education Society in 1752. This venture led to the development of the Stepney Academy in East London, in 1810. The impetus for the creation for the Academy arose from the fact that only members of the Church of England were given places at ancient universities. It wasn’t until the Oxford University Act of 1854 that Baptists and other Dissenters were admitted to the University of Oxford. In 1810 there were only 3 students, though by 1850 the number had risen to 26. (See dissenting academiesDissenting academies
The dissenting academies were schools, colleges and nonconformist seminaries run by dissenters. They formed a significant part of England’s educational systems from the mid-seventeenth to nineteenth centuries....
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The premises at Stepney consisted of two large houses near Whitechapel Road. Between them was King John’s Tower. This structure, which can still be seen in the present Regent’s Park College crest, is believed to be all that remained of a royal suburban lodge. In 1849 Dr Joseph Angus (Principal 1849–1893) became Principal at just 33 years old. At the beginning of his time as Principal, Angus admitted a small number of lay students to college. His belief was that it would benefit the ministerial students to have contact with them as well as bringing much needed finances to the Academy.
After sites in Gordon Square and Primrose Hill were considered, on 12 December 1855 Angus decided to relocate the College to Holford House in the rural environs of Regent’s Park and to rename the Academy ‘Regent’s Park College’. Holford House was a private dwelling built in the classical Georgian style on crown land. Students were able to read for university degrees in the Arts and Law, as well as training for Christian ministry.
In 1856, anxious to ensure the College had a high academic standing, he sought to move closer to University College in order that closer links could be fostered with the University of London. From this point onwards the relationship with the University of London, which began as early as 1841, began to develop and for the first time Baptist ministerial students were able to associate closely with the University of London. According to Angus the links with the University drove up standards of scholarship in the college. In 1901 the College became an official Divinity School of the University of London.
In 1920 G P Gould (1896–1920) passed on to H Wheeler Robinson the role of Principal, a post he would hold until 1942. Wheeler Robinson was educated at Regent’s Park College for one session; he then went to Edinburgh University and finally onto Mansfield College, Oxford. Wheeler Robinson believed that Oxford was a more congenial setting than London for a college. This belief, coupled with the lure of the advantages of the tutorial system and the fact that the Baptist Church remained the only Free Church denomination without a college in one of the ancient universities, led Wheeler Robinson to decide to relocate the College to Oxford.
The College and its buildings
In 1926 a site became available which Wheeler-Robinson saw as an opportunity “too precious to be lost”. In 1927 the main portion of the site was purchased and the buildings, including various farm buildings and two wells, in Pusey Street were secured shortly afterwards from St John’s College. The site as a whole cost just over £17,000. The college appointed Mr T Harold Hughes (1897–1949) as the Architect for the site. Hughes was responsible for much extension and restoration work in Oxford including Exeter CollegeExeter College, Oxford
Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street...
, Hertford College and Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
The first 4 students went to Oxford in 1928. The site in Oxford was to be used along with the London premises for a further 10 years. At this time many of the classes were held at Mansfield College and other lectures were held at various other colleges.
As early as 1924, Wheeler Robinson started to promote his plans for a new building scheme on the Oxford site to former students. Between 1935 and 1938 he and E A Payne spoke a various meetings and raised £20,000 of the £50,000 needed for the project.
The foundation stones for Helwys Hall were laid on 21 July 1938 by representatives from the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, The Particular Baptist Fund, The Baptist Missionary Society. Stones were also laid in memory of Angus and Gould, former Principals of the college.
The development of the College in the 20th century
1938 - 1940Main Block was constructed, consisting of 16 study bedrooms, along with Helwys Hall, the College Library, the Senior Common Room and part of the building on Pusey Street.
1957
Regent’s Park College became a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford. From this point on the College underwent dramatic change under the leadership of its eleventh Principal, Gwynne Henton Davies (1958–1972). During this period the college once again started to accept non-ministerial undergraduates and new buildings were erected to accommodate the College’s growing size. Since then, the student body has grown to include around 110 undergraduate students and 50 graduates, as well as ministerial students.
1958
Reconstruction and remodelling of the east end of the quad and back of 55 St Giles.
1961
Balding student accommodation block built, and longest single pane of glass in Europe fitted.
1966–1968
Further developments to the South side (Pusey Street) which completes the quad.
1977
Angus student accommodation block built.
1985
Wheeler Robinson House (on the corner of St Giles and Pusey Street) built.
2008
When Greyfriars Hall closed in 2008 the remaining 30 students joined Regent’s Park College.
The College Buildings
Regent’s Park College is based around a quadrangle (as seen in the picture above). On the West side of the quad is the Hall which can be entered from the quad via two glass doors. The names ‘Thomas Helwys’ and ‘William Carey’ are carved on either side of the door. Helwys was a religious refugee in Holland and returned to England to start the first Baptist church. Carey was a missionary to India and inspired the foundation of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1792.Helwys Hall, as it is now known, is an imposing room with a very high ceiling clad in Canadian pine. Above the High Table there is a Symbolic representation of the main emphases of Baptist life and faith designed by Dr H Wheeler Robinson (Principal 1920–1942). Helwys Hall is home to some fine portraits which taken together present a brief history of the College. Most of the former Principals’ portraits are displayed including a recent portrait of Professor Paul Fiddes. There are also portraits of Joshua Marshman, Hannah Marshman, William Carey, and Willam Ward who were all missionaries to India and Andrew Fuller who was a missionary and first secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society. Helwys Hall was completely renovated in 2009 with a gift to the Annual Fund from an anonymous donor.
The Senior Common Room
The Senior Common Room (SCR), which is used by academic and administrative staff, was provided by a gift from the nieces and nephews of Dr George Pearce Gould (Principal 1896–1920). One of the striking features of the room is the Gould’s portrait which hangs over an Adam’s brothers mantelpiece. Facing Gould is a portrait of William Kiffin which dates back to 1667. The SCR was refurbished in 2008 using gifts to the College's Annual Fund from the American Friends of Regent’s Park College.The Staircase
The Staircase which leads from the doors of Helwys Hall up to the Library was designed by Hughes and attempts to express the effect that reading Dr Pearce Carey’s life of William Carey had upon him. The balustrade exhibits strength, simplicity and an out-flowing floral design which recall Carey’s life and work. Each landing has a striking 1930s window which looks out over the gardens of St Cross College.The College Library
In the Library there is a semi-circular window with sixteen panels, on which is etched a map of the world with many interesting symbols and emblems. The window came from the Glasgow Empire Exhibition of 1937 and is a fine example of modern glass work. The library contains portraits of both William Carey and John Bunyan.The Collier Room
The Collier Room was provided by a gift from Mr H H Collier who was a member of College Council for many years and the one who conducted the negotiations for the purchase of the site. The room was refurbished in 2010 using a gift to the College's Annual Fund from The American Friends of Regent’s Park College and Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church.The Craig Knight Room
The Craig Knight room is a seminar room which seats 16 people. The room is named after Craig F Knight, an alumnus of the college who was invested as the College’s first member of the Vice Chancellor’s Circle in 2008.The Angus Library and Archive
British Baptist life began in 1612 when a group of men and women returned to England from the Netherlands where they had been sheltering from religious persecution. They did so in the knowledge that they would face more persecution. From that day, through to the late nineteenth century, when the final restrictions on Baptists and other non-conformists were lifted, Baptists faced fines, imprisonment and restrictions on their liberties. The Angus Library and Archive holds many volumes and documents which are critical to the understanding of this time in history and many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.The core of the collection was left to Regent’s Park College by Dr. Joseph Angus who was Principal from 1849 to 1893. The Angus now comprises over 70,000 printed books, pamphlets, journals, church and association records, church histories, manuscript letters and other artifacts from the late fifteenth century to the present day. The collection relates to the life and history of Baptists in Britain and the wider world. Alongside this unique insight into Baptist and nonconformist history there is a considerable amount of material from non-Baptist sources relating to issues and controversies in which Baptists were involved. There is also an extensive hymnody collection from various denominations and cultures. Many of the items are only found in The Angus Library.
The Angus incorporates the former libraries and archives of:
- The Baptist Missionary Society (founded in 1792)
- The Baptist Union of Great Britain (founded in 1832)
- The Baptist Historical Society
Apart from the origins of the Baptist movement, the collection has special holdings relating to:
- The early colonies
- English sermons on the American War of Independence
- Jonathan Edwards and Fullerism
- Anglo-American relations
- Slavery and its abolition
- The founding of the modern missionary movement
- The Baptist World Alliance
The Angus Library and Archive is used by international scholars researching Baptist history, the history of Dissent in the UK, the social history of foreign missions and linguistics. It is also used by members of the public researching, among other things, the history of their families or local communities. Each year there are in the region of 1000 requests for information from outside the University of Oxford. The people involved in research come from a variety of countries including the USA, Australia, China, India, the Caribbean and Europe.
The Junior Common Room
The JCR is a large oak paneled room which is adorned with the pictures of Regent’s many sports teams. The room also has a JCR Presidents’ board with the name of every JCR President and a board recording all Regent’s students who have received a Blue.Student life
In line with all other Colleges and Halls of the University of Oxford, students are admitted and matriculated according to the Oxford admissions procedures. The College specialises in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.Students are provided with guaranteed accommodation in the first and final years of study. In the first year this usually takes the form of a study bedroom, whereas in the third year students tend to live on site in flats in either Wheeler Robinson House, the Gould Building or the Angus Building.
Regent’s Park College students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities. There are sports teams in football (men’s and ladies’), rowing, netball and basketball as well as opportunities to play other sports for other University colleges. The Junior Common Room also provides Arts activities, such as an annual play and pantomime, as well as several social societies. The Junior Common Room itself is a large oak-panelled room, including leather sofas, a sound system for bi-termly parties (bops), a football table. The College Bar includes a TV and quiz machine. There is also a free DVD rental library.
Each summer, the college hosts a themed ball named The Final Fling. Croquet and Pimms are enjoyed on the Quad, which is also occupied by the college tortoise Emmanuelle. Emmanuelle is around 90 years old, and has won the Corpus Christi Tortoise Fair.
Traditions
Motto
The College Motto is: Omnia probate quod bonum tenete. It is taken from 1 Thessalonians v.21: "Test all things; hold fast that which is good" (A.V.)Grace
The College Grace is quite unlike other Oxford colleges since it is recited in English: For the gifts of your grace and the community of this college, we praise your name, O God. Amen.In the early days of the college at Oxford there was a Latin grace which was thought to be composed by Dr Aubrey Argyle:
Agimus Tibi gratias, Omnipotens Deus, pro his et universis donis Tuis quae de Tua largitate sumus sumturi, Per Jesum Christum, Dominum Nostrum. Amen.
Valediction
The principal ceremonial occasion in the College year is the Service of Valediction, which takes place on the afternoon of the last day of Full Term in Trinity (always a Saturday). The most important part of the ceremony is the signing of the register by members of the Junior and Middle Common Rooms whose periods of study have come to an end. This is different from the practice at other colleges that maintain a register (now a minority of colleges), where the signing takes place at the beginning of a student's course.Brew
Members of the Junior Common Room meet each week day at 11am and 4pm for tea, coffee and biscuits. It is the JCR secretary’s role to ensure the refreshments are available. Uber-brew takes place on Sundays and is provided by the JCR welfare officer.Hall
Regent’s is one of the last colleges to have waiter service at both lunch and dinner. Unlike many other Oxford colleges, the same menu is served to all members of college and there is no High Table apart from at Formal Halls.Distinguished Old Members
- Professor Robin Attfield MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
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, philosopher and author
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, Professor of International Law
- Malcolm BishopMalcolm BishopMalcolm Bishop, QC, is a Welsh lawyer.Bishop, was educated at Regent's Park College, Oxford, of which he is now Honorary Standing Counsel. He was called to the Bar in 1968 and is now a Queen's Counsel....
, QC, judge and barrister
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- Professor Samuel E. Balentine DPhil (Oxon), Professor of Old Testament
- Professor Stephen Brachlow DPhil (Oxon), Professor of Spirituality
- William Brock (pastor) (1807–1875), first minister of Bloomsbury Chapel, London, abolitionist and supporter of missionary societies
- Dr Isabella Bunn, Vice Chair of the Central Committee on Human Rights and Global Corporate Responsibility of the American Bar AssociationAmerican Bar AssociationThe American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
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- The Reverend Gwynne Henton Davies DD (Glasgow)University of GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
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(1971-2)
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in the University of Oxford
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)' at Regent's Park in 1977
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- The Reverend Rex A Mason PhD (London)University of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
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, sometime Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew, University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and President, Society for Old Testament Study
- Frederick Brotherton MeyerFrederick Brotherton MeyerFrederick Brotherton Meyer , a contemporary and friend of D. L. Moody and A. C. Dixon, was a Baptist pastor and evangelist in England involved in ministry and inner city mission work on both sides of the Atlantic...
(1847–1929), evangelist, writer, and moral reformer
- The Reverend John Morgan-Wynne PhD (Dunelm) MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
BD (Oxon)University of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, sometime Lecturer in New Testament and Greek, University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and Principal, Bristol Baptist College
- Gregory NormintonGregory NormintonGregory Norminton is a novelist born in Berkshire, England, in 1976.Educated at Wellington College, he read English at Regent's Park College, Oxford and studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art...
, novelist (The Ship of Fools, Arts and Wonders, and Ghost Portrait) and dramatist (The Third Half)
- The Reverend A A Peck MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
BEd, General Secretary, the European Baptist Federation.
- The Reverend (James) Martin Preston MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
(Cantab)University of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
(Oxon)University of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, Anglican priest and activist
- Professor W. Wesley PueW. Wesley PueW. Wesley Pue is a Canadian lawyer and academic, Nemetz Professor of Legal History at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver...
LLM DJurJuris DoctorJuris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
, Professor of Legal History
- The Reverend Dr. Michael Quicke MA Cambridge University MA Oxford University D.D. William Jewell CollegeWilliam Jewell CollegeWilliam Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,100 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri, U.S. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other civic leaders, including Robert S. James, a Baptist minister and father of the...
, former Principal of Spurgeon's CollegeSpurgeon's CollegeSpurgeon's College is a theological institute of higher learning located in South Norwood Hill, London. It was founded by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, known as 'the Prince of Preachers' and in his time minister of the largest church in the world, the Metropolitan Tabernacle at Elephant and Castle...
, London. Charles W. Koller Professor of Preaching & Communication at Northern Seminary, Lombard Illinois. Award-winning author and international lecturer.
- The Reverend Edwin Robertson, DD (Archbishop of CanterburyLambeth degreeA Lambeth degree is an academic degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury under the authority of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 as successor of the papal legate in England...
), Writer and broadcaster
- The Reverend the Honorable Dr Olin C Robison, thirteenth President, Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury CollegeMiddlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
, Vermont); President Emeritus (1990); Chairman, US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy); President, Salzburg SeminarSalzburg SeminarSalzburg Global Seminar is an American non-profit organization that holds seminars on economics, politics, and other issues for future political, economic, and business leaders from around the world...
); broadcaster
- Deborah W Rooke MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
(Cantab)University of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
DPhil (Oxon)University of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, Senior Lecturer in Old Testament Studies, King's College LondonKing's College LondonKing's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
- The Right Reverend Dr Dhirendra Sahu, Lord Bishop of Eastern Himalaya; General Secretary, National Council of Churches of India; author, The Church of North IndiaChurch of North IndiaThe Church of North India , the dominant Protestant denomination in northern India, is a united church established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the main Protestant churches working in northern India...
: a historical and systematic theological inquiry into an ecumenical ecclesiology (1994) and United & uniting: a story of the Church of North IndiaChurch of North IndiaThe Church of North India , the dominant Protestant denomination in northern India, is a united church established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the main Protestant churches working in northern India...
(2001)
- The Reverend CanonCanon (priest)A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
Jane ShawJane ShawThe Very Revd Dr Jane Alison Shaw is Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, a British Anglican priest and scholar.Shaw read Modern History at Regent's Park College, Oxford , and Theology at Harvard University , and completed a PhD in History at the University of California, Berkeley...
MAMaster of Arts (Oxbridge)In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts of these universities are admitted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university .There is no examination or study required for the degree...
(Oxon)University of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
MDiv (Harvard)Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
PhD (Berkeley)University of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
HonDD (GTF) HonDD (EDS)Episcopal Divinity SchoolThe Episcopal Divinity School is a seminary of the Episcopal Church based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Known throughout the Anglican Communion for prophetic teaching and action on issues of civil rights and social justice, its faculty and students have been directly involved in many of the social...
, Official Fellow, Chaplain, and Dean of Divinity, New College, OxfordNew College, OxfordNew College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
- The Honorable Dr Cecil StatonCecil StatonCecil Staton is a politician in the U.S. state of Georgia. He is a member of the Republican Party and serves in the Georgia Senate representing the 18th district, which includes portions of Bibb, Houston, Monroe, Jones, and Crawford counties.Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Staton graduated...
, Georgia State Senator (18th District)
- Professor Michael Sullivan, MA (Oxon), PhD (Wales), FRSM, Director, National Centre for Public Policy and Professor of Policy Analysis in the University of Wales SwanseaSwansea UniversitySwansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...
; Special Adviser to the First Minister, Welsh Assembly Government; first Sabbatical president of the Oxford University Student UnionOxford University Student UnionThe Oxford University Student Union is the official students' union of the University of Oxford. It is better known in Oxford by its acronym, OUSU . It exists to represent Oxford University students in the University's decision-making, to act as the voice for students in the national higher...
(OUSU)
- Professor James SullyJames SullyJames Sully was an English psychologist.He was born at Bridgwater, and was educated at the Independent College, Taunton, the Regent's Park College, University of Göttingen, where he studied under Lotze, and at Humboldt University, Berlin where he studied under DuBois-Reymond and Helmholtz...
, Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College, London
- Michael Symmons RobertsMichael Symmons RobertsMichael Symmons Roberts is a British poet. He has published five collections of poetry, all with Cape , and has won the Whitbread Poetry Award, as well as major prizes from the Arts Council and Society of Authors. He has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize twice, the Griffin International...
, poet
- The Reverend Professor Thomas Vincent Tymms DD (St Andrews)University of St AndrewsThe University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
, Professor of Theology and author
- The Reverend H. Wheeler RobinsonH. Wheeler RobinsonThe Reverend Henry Wheeler Robinson, known universally as H. Wheeler Robinson, was born on 7 February 1872 at Northampton, United Kingdom and died on 12 May 1945 in Oxford, United Kingdom.-Career:H...
DD (Edinburgh)University of EdinburghThe University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
, Old Testament scholar; President and Acting President of the Society for Old Testament Studies
- Professor Robert Warner, BA (York), MA (York), MA (Oxon), PhD (King's College London), Dean of Humanities, University of Chester.
- The Reverend Dr Nicholas J. Wood, Fellow in Religion and Culture and Director of the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College; President Christian Muslim Forum; Chair, Joppa Group - The Baptist Interfaith Network.
- Dr Philip RykenPhilip RykenPhilip Graham Ryken is president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Dr. Ryken was inaugurated on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Edman Chapel.-Education:...
, pastor and author
Further information
- Robert E. Cooper, From Stepney to St Giles': the Story of Regent's Park College, 1810-1960 (London: Carey Kingsgate Press, 1960) (148 pages, illustrated)
- Geo. P. Gould, "The Baptist College at Regent's Park (Founded at Stepney 1810): A Centenary Record" (London: The Kingsgate Press, 1910) (99 pages, illustrated)