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Quakers as being an institute designed to prepare ministers. According to Fowler, "on April 22 directed that a grant which had been drawn up to make the College a University should not be sealed until further order".
408:) 'the man who created a University in Durham three hundred years earlier'. However this suggestion was met by 'astonishingly fierce opposition', affecting a compromise with the proposed college coming to be called
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against the new university, and the college ceased to exist with the
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Durham university; earlier foundations and present colleges
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357:The College never scaled up to these intentions.
906:Appleby, John H. "Kuffeler, Johannes Sibertus".
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557:. Vol. 13. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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1078:(5th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 229.
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590:Venning, Timothy. "Wolseley, Sir Charles".
579:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
213:and others appointed from March 1655, and
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623:Greaves, Richard L. "Griffith, George".
289:, then teaching in Newcastle, who was a
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626:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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153:was a university institution set up by
297:, may have acted as a tutor in 1657.
168:It was formed in 1653, receiving its
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734:Greaves, Richard L. "Hobson, Paul".
474:: 6–9 – via Durham University.
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873:Young, John T. "Ritschel, Georg".
840:Wright, Stephen. "Pell, William".
792:Richard Goodings, Frank Coffield,
570:"Ellis, William (1609-1680)"
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285:was appointed a tutor in 1656.
1122:1657 establishments in England
768:Higher Education in Transition
339:Corpus Christi College, Oxford
304:William Spinedge (Spinage) of
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701:"The First Durham University"
461:"The First Durham University"
293:reformer in contact with the
217:and George Griffith in 1656.
18:Durham College (17th century)
1142:History of Durham University
1055:. Durham World Heritage Site
926:UK public library membership
893:UK public library membership
860:UK public library membership
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643:UK public library membership
610:UK public library membership
396:a few years later, in 1669.
686:"Online Library of Liberty"
273:was appointed the Visitor.
178:restoration of the monarchy
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1137:Education in County Durham
1074:Hill, Christopher (2019).
1015:Durham University Calendar
965:Diary of Thomas Burton Esq
781:Divine Right and Democracy
501:Hill, Christopher (2019).
343:Trinity College, Cambridge
317:Johannes Sibertus Kuffler
207:John Crew, 1st Baron Crew
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808:"Gilpin, Richard"
522:"Cudworth, Ralph"
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261:The personnel included
163:University of Cambridge
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