List of Honorary Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford
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Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...
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of the
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in England) has the ability to elect "distinguished persons" to Honorary Fellowships.Statute IV "The Fellows", clause 23 "Honorary Fellowships" Under the statutes of the college, Honorary Fellows cannot vote at meetings of the Governing Body and do not receive financial reward. They can be called upon to help decide whether to dismiss or discipline members of academic staff (including the Principal). The first three Honorary Fellows, all former students of the college, were elected in October 1877:
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, the first Jesus Professor of Celtic who was later an Official Fellow (1881–95) and Principal (1895–1915); the historian
John Richard Green John Richard Green (12 December 1837 – 7 March 1883) was an English historian. Early life Green was born on 12 December 1837, the son of a tradesman in Oxford, where he was educated, first at Magdalen College School, and then at Jesus C ...
; and the poet
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.Baker, ''VCH'' Three other former Principals ( John Christie, Sir John Habakkuk and Sir Peter North) have been elected Honorary Fellows on retirement. Many Honorary Fellows had previous academic connections with the college, either as Fellows or Old Members (former students), but others did not. Some of those without previous connections were distinguished Welshmen – Jesus College has had strong links with Wales since its establishment in 1571. For example, the Welsh businessman Sir Alfred Jones was elected in 1902, the Welsh judge Sir Samuel Evans was elected in 1918, and the Welsh opera singer
Bryn Terfel Sir Bryn Terfel Jones, (; born 9 November 1965) (known professionally as Bryn Terfel) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly '' Figaro'', ''Leporello'' and ''D ...
was elected in 2008. The Welsh politician
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was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 1910 when he was
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. He wrote to John Rhys, the Principal at the time, to thank the college for the honour, saying: The college noted in 1998 that the number of Honorary Fellows was markedly below the average of other Oxford colleges and it adopted a more methodical approach to increase numbers. Seven Honorary Fellows were elected that year, followed by another five in 1999. The first woman to be elected as an Honorary Fellow was the journalist and broadcaster
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, an Old Member of the college, in 2007. The Honorary Fellows have included two Old Members who later became Prime Minister of their respective countries:
Norman Manley Norman Washington Manley (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica. A Rhodes Scholar, Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the 1920s. Manley was an advocate ...
, who studied at Jesus College as a
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and who was Chief Minister of Jamaica from 1955 to 1962, and
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, who was twice
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(1964–70 and 1974–76). As of 2015, the longest-serving Honorary Fellow is Frederick Atkinson, elected in 1979.


Honorary Fellows

The abbreviations used in the "Link" column denote the person's connection with the college before election as an Honorary Fellow: *CL – A college lecturer: Joliffe taught students at Jesus College, but he was not one of the Fellows *F – A former
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of the college, included on the list of Principals and Fellows *OM – Old Member of the college, included on the list of alumni *P – Principal, also included on the list of Principals and Fellows A dash denotes that the person had no previous academic link with the college.


See also

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List of Honorary Fellows of Keble College, Oxford Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It was founded in memory of the Anglican clergyman John Keble, who died in 1866, and was intended to cater for men whose financial resources were insufficient to enabl ...


References

Notes Bibliography *''The Jesus College Record'' – published annually by Jesus College, Oxford. Cited in references as: ''JCR'' * * Cited in references as: Baker, ''VCH'' * Cited in references as: Baker, ''Jesus College'' * Cited in references as: Hardy * Cited in references as: ''ODNB'' * Cited in references as: ''Honours'' * Cited in references as: ''DWB'' * Cited in references as: ''Who's Who'' * Cited in references as: ''Who Was Who'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Jesus College Honorary Fellows *Honorary Fellows *Honorary Fellows
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