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- Colin Bundy, academic (1968 Rhodes Scholar)
- Andy Cato, DJ, one half of Groove Armada (1994)
- James Clark, author of groff and open source software developer (1982)
- John A. Claughton, Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham and the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI
- Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics
- Pat Fish (Patrick Huntrods), musician and songwriter
- David Freud, investment banker
- Mark Haddon, author (1981)
- Dr Adam Hart Davis, broadcaster
- Tim Jackson, auctioneer (1983)
- Alec Jeffreys, geneticist
- Alister McGrath, scientist and theologian (1976 Domus Senior Scholar)
- John Mitchinson, writer and publisher (1982)
- Tim Mitchison, cell biologist
- HIH Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (1982)
- Michael Ridpath, author (1980)
- Dana Scott, logician
- Sir Howard Stringer, Chief Executive Officer of Sony, (1961, Hon. Fellow)
- Mark Thompson, broadcaster, director general of the BBC
- Rick Trainor, Principal of King's College London
- Ed Vaizey, MP for Wantage
- Professor Sir Andrew Wiles, mathematician (1971)
- Alexander Williams, animator (1986)
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Grace
The college preprandial grace is always recited before formal dinners in Hall and usually by the senior Postmaster present. The first two lines of the Latin text are based on verses 15 and 16 of Psalm 145.
- Oculi omnium in te respiciunt, Domine. Tu das escam illis tempore opportuno.
- Aperis manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione tua.
- Benedicas nobis, Deus, omnibus donis quae de tua beneficentia accepturi simus.
- Per Iesum Christum dominum nostrum, Amen.
Roughly translated it means:
- The eyes of the world look up to thee, O Lord. Thou givest them food in due season.
- Thou openest thy hand and fillest every creature with thy blessing.
- Thou blessest us, O God, with all the gifts which by thy good works we are about to receive.
- Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
For the relevant verses of the Psalm, the Authorized Version has:
- 15. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
- 16. Thou openst thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
According to an article about Graces from the University of Cambridge, a slightly different version of the Latin text of these verses is painted (apparently as a decoration) around Old Hall in Queens' College, Cambridge, and is "commonly in use at other Cambridge colleges".
By contrast with the rather long pre-prandial grace, the post-prandial grace is brief: Benedictus benedicat ("Let him who is blessed, give blessing"). The latter grace is spoken by the senior Fellow present at the end of dinner on High Table.
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References
- Bott, A. (1993). Merton College: A Short History of the Buildings. Oxford: Merton College. ISBN 0-9522314-0-9.
- Martin, G.H. & Highfield, J.R.L. (1997). A History of Merton College. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-920183-8.
- Saunders, Jennifer; and Nikolaus Pevsner (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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Notes
- ^ See Martin & Highfield, pp.1–2
- ^ See Martin & Highfield, loc. cit.
- ^ Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated July 2007)
- ^ See Bott, p.4
- ^ Anthony Wood, quoted in Bott, p.24
- ^ Pevsner, p.25
- ^ See Bott, pp.24–37
- ^ Bott, p.37
- ^ Martin & Highfield, p.163
- ^ a b Brock, M.G. and Curthoys, M.C., The History of the University of Oxford, Volume VII, Part 2 — Oxford University Press (2000) p.755. ISBN 0-19-951017-2.
- ^ Pevsner, op. cit., p.164
- ^ Martin & Highfield, p.53
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See also
- Mob Quad at Merton
- Merton College Library
- Virtual tour of Merton
- Merton College website
- Merton JCR website
- Contemporary architectural prints of Merton College
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