William Conrad Costin, MC (19 May 1893 – 6 October 1970) was

President of St John's College, Oxford A list of presidents of St John's College, Oxford: * Rev. Alexander Belsyre (1557–1559) * Rev. William Eley (1559–1560) * Rev. William Stock (1560–1564) * Rev. John Robinson (1564–1572) * Rev. Tobias Matthew (1572–1577) * Rev. Fran ...

, from 1957 to 1963. Costin was educated at

Reading School Reading School is a grammar school for boys with academy status in the English town of Reading, the county of Berkshire. It traces its history back to the school of Reading Abbey and is, thus, one of the oldest schools in England. There are no ...

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St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

. He served in the

Great War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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Gloucestershire Regiment The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 until 1994. It traced its origins to Colonel Gibson's Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1694 and later became the ...

. He was

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in 1935. He wrote: ''Great Britain and China, 1833–1860'', 1937; ''The Law and Working of the Constitution: Documents, 1660–1914'', 1952; and ''History of St John’s College, 1598–1860'', 1958.

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