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| Famous for having a [[Hertford Bridge | bridge]] linking two of the quads, named and styled after the [http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/bridge_of_sighs.htm Bridge of Sighs] in Venice. Also has a cat called [http://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/news/24-07-00.htm Simpkins], the third of that name (or similar: the original was "Simpkin") following a tradition started in the 1970s by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Warnock Geoffrey] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Warnock%2C_Baroness_Warnock Mary] Warnock when he was Principal of the College. The current Simpkins has been observed slipping over the wall to terrorise not only the cat of the nearby [[Turf Tavern]] (called Louvois, after [http://www.chez.com/courduroisoleil/documents/louvois.htm someone famous] of the same name) but also the [[New College]] cat as well. |
Famous for having a [[Hertford Bridge | bridge]] linking two of the quads, named and styled after the [http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/bridge_of_sighs.htm Bridge of Sighs] in Venice. Also has a cat called [http://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/news/24-07-00.htm Simpkins], who terrorises the cat of the nearby [[Turf Tavern]], called Louvois, after [http://www.chez.com/courduroisoleil/documents/louvois.htm someone famous] of the same name. |
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Hert is an acceptable spelling of 'hart', an oldish word for a stag (Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. --Milton). In fact, Hertford was originally founded as Hart Hall by Elias de Hertford around 1282. An ambitious scheme to incorporte Hart Hall as a full college of the University failed in the eighteenth century, and the institution went into a decline. It was eventually dissolved, and the site and buildings taken over by [[Magdalen Hall]]. In 1874, however, thanks to a benefaction from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_George_Baring%2C_1st_Earl_of_Northbrook Sir Thomas Baring], the college was recreated as Hertford College by Act of Parliament. Notable former students include *[[William Tyndale]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes Thomas Hobbes] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh Evelyn Waugh] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift Jonathan Swift] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne John Donne] |
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Famous for having a bridge linking two of the quads, named and styled after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. Also has a cat called Simpkins, who terrorises the cat of the nearby Turf Tavern, called Louvois, after someone famous of the same name.
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