College arms: "Azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or, impaling gules, an orle argent"
Founded by John Balliol and Dervorguilla his wife (parents of John Balliol, King of Scotland), some time between the years 1263 and 1268.
In addition to the fellowships established or authorized by the statutes of the College, the Jowett Fellowships were founded in 1906 by James Hozier, second Baron Newlands, in memory of the Revd Benjamin Jowett, Master of the College 1870-93. These are held, with their other fellowships, by Fellows of the College.
The A. L. Smith Memorial Fellowship in
History was founded in 1925 in memory
of Arthur Lionel Smith, Master 1916-24.
The Craig-Sellar Fellowship was founded in
1931 out of a sum bequeathed by
Gerard Henry Craig-Sellar.
The Vincent Massey Fellowship was founded
in 1932 by a gift from the Massey
Foundation in Canada.
In 1933 Oliver Gatty, Fellow of the
College 1931-3, who died in 1940.
founded a
Fellowship in Biology
The Andrew Bradley Fellowship, for
research in English Literature, was founded
in 1936 under the will of Andrew Cecil
Bradley. The funds of the Fellowship have
been supplemented by a bequest from I. C.
Maxwell.
The Duncan Campbell Macgregor Fellowship
in Literae Humaniores was
founded in 1943 by Mrs Christine Margaret
Macgregor in memory of her husband
Duncan Campbell Macgregor.
The Fawkes Memorial Fellowship in History
was founded in 1946 by Miss
Vivienne de Maupas in memory of her uncle,
the Revd Alfred Fawkes (1868- 73).
The Dyson Fellowship in (Greek Culture was
founded in 1960 from a bequest
from Reginald Joseph Dyson (1892-4).
The Blanesburgh Fellowship was founded in
1962 out of a gift from Sir William
McEwan Younger (1924-8) in memory of his
uncle Lord Blanesburgh.
The Fairfax Fellowship in Philosophy was
founded in 1963 by W. O. Fairfax
(1921-5) and J. O. Fairfax (1952-5)
of Sydney, New South Wales.
The Herbert Samuel Fellowship in
Philosophy was founded in 1964 by friends
Of Viscount Samuel (1889-93), Visitor of the
College 1946-57.
The J. H. Hofmeyr Fellowship was founded
in 1964 by South African donors in
memory of the Rt Hon. J. H. Hofmeyr, the
first Principal of the University of
Witwatersrand.
The Lord Thomson of Fleet Fellowship in
Economics was founded in 1965 by
Lord Thomson of Fleet.
The Billmeir Fellowship in Mathematics was founded in 1965 as part of the 700th Anniversary Fund.
The Robert Maxwell Fellowship in Politics was founded in 1965 by I. Robert
Maxwell, MC.
The Felix Frankfurter Memorial Fellowship in Law was founded in 1966 in
memory of Felix Frankfurter, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1939-62.
The Trustees of the 700th Anniversary Fund established various Fellowships in 1965 and 1966: the Septcentenary Fellowships in Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, and two Junior Research Fellowships.
The Lewis Namier Junior Research Fellowship in History was founded under the
will of Lady Namier in 1973 in memory of Professor Sir Lewis Namier.
The Younger Fellowship in Modern History was founded in 1985 by Sir William
McEwan Younger (1924-8) as part of the Dervorguilla Appeal.
The Waters Fellowship was established in memory of William Alexander Waters,
Fellow and Benefactor of the College.
The Jervis-Smith Fellowship was established in 1986 in commemoration of Major Eustace John Jervis-Smith, Commoner and Benefactor of the College.
The Edward S. Richards-FME-Lubbock Senior Research Fellowship in
Management was founded in 1991 from gifts by Mr Clive Richards, and The
Foundation for Management Education in conjunction with the Trustees of the
Maurice Lubbock Memorial Fund.
The Eastern Electricity Fellowship in Engineering was founded by Eastern Group as part of the Jowett Centenary Appeal.
The Ernest Butten Professorship was founded by the Sundridge Park Charitable
Trust, a charity associated with the PA Consulting Group.
The Colyer Fergusson Fellowship in Medieval History was founded in 2000 by
the Colyer-Fergusson Trustees.
The corporate designation of the College is 'The Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford'.
In the following lists, the symbol
* after a person's name indicates that he or she is also a Fellow or Honorary Fellow of another college.
+ indicates the holder of a University or CUF post.
~ indicates the holder of a statutory professorship or readership.
Visitor
The Master and Fellows of this college by their statutes enjoy the privilege of
electing their own Visitor. The present Visitor is:
The Rt Hon. Lord Bingham of Cornhill, MA
Master
Graham, Andrew Winston Mawdsey, MA *
Fellows
Griffin, Jasper, MA, FBA + Professor of Classical Literature, Dyson Fellow in Greek Culture, Jowett Fellow, Jowett Lecturer and Tutor in Classics
Noble, Denis, CBE, MA (Ph.D. Lond.), FRCP, FRS ~ Burdon Sanderson Professor of Physiology,
Jones, John Henry, MA, D,Phil. C.Chem, FRSC, ER.Hist.S. + Septcentenary Fellow, Tutor in Organic Chemistry, Vice-Master and Archivist
Murray, Oswyn, MA, D.Phil., FSA + Macgregor Fellow, Jowett Fellow, Jowett
Lecturer and Tutor in Ancient History, Praefectus of Holywell Manor
Newton-Smith, William Herbert, MA, D.Phil. (BA Queen's, Canada; MA
Cornell) ~ Fairfax Fellow, Jowett Lecturer and Tutor in Philosophy
Lyne, Richard Oliver Allen Marcus, MA, D.Phil. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.) + Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, Fairfax Fellow, Jowett Lecturer and Tutor in Classics
Hannabuss, Keith Cyril, MA, D.Phil. + Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics
Schmidt, Aubrey Vincent Carlyle, MA + Bradley-Maxwell Fellow and Tutor in
English
Raz, Joseph, MA, D.Phil. (M.Jr. Jerusalem), FBA ~ Professor of Philosophy of Law
Hodby, Jonathon Wilson, MA, D.Phil. ~ Jervis-Smith Fellow and Tutor in Physics
Clark, Carol Elizabeth (Mrs), MA (Ph.D. Lond.) + Tutor in Modern Languages (French)
Gombrich, Richard Francis, MA, D.Phil. (AM Harvard) ~ Boden Professor of
Sanskrit
Bulloch, Penelope Anne Ward, MA, D.Phil. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.), ALA, FSA
Librarian
Dupree, Hugh Douglas, MA, D.Phil. (BA Univ. of the South, Tennessee; M.Div.
Virginia) Chaplain
Roberts, Sir Edward Adam, KCMG, MA, FBA ~ Montague Burton Professor of
International Relations
Kirwan, Frances Clare, MA, D.Phil. (BA Camb.), FRS + Professor of Mathematics, Tutor in Mathematics
Logan, David Edwin, MA, D.Phil. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.) + Professor of Chemistry, Waters Fellow and Tutor in Physical Chemistry and Tutor for Graduate Admissions
McQuay, Henry John, BM, MA, DM, FRCP Edin. ~ Professorial Fellow and
Professor of Pain Relief
Swift, Adam Richard George, MA, M.Phil., D.Phil. + Robert Maxwell Fellow,
Tutor in Politics, and Tutor for Undergraduate Admissions
Wilson, Timothy Hugh, MA (M.Phil. Lond.), FSA + Professorial Fellow and
Keeper of Western Art
Buckley, Christopher Paul, MA, D.Phil. + Reader in Engineering, Lubbock Fellow and Tutor in Engineering
Hazareesingh, Sudhir Kumar, MA, M.Phil., D.Phil. + Tutor in Politics
O'Hare, Dermot Michael, MA, D.Phil. * Professor of Chemistry, Septcentenary Fellow, and Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry
Brown, Judith Margaret, MA, D.Phil. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.), F.R.Hist.S. ~ Beit
Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth
Conway, Martin Herbert, MA, D.Phil. + Tutor in Modern History
Nye, Piers Charles Gillespie, MA (Ph.D. California) + Tutor in Physiological Sciences
Vines, David Anthony, MA, D.Phil. (BA Melbourne; MA, Ph.D. Camb.) +
Professor of Economics, Lord Thomson of Fleet Fellow and Tutor in Economics
Steward, Helen Catherine, MA, B.Phil., D.Phil. + Fairfax Fellow, Tutor in
Philosophy and Senior Tutor
Zancani, Diego, MA (Laur. Milan; Dott. Bocconi) + Tutor in Modern Languages (Italian) and Dean
O'Brien, Dominic Christopher, MA, D.Phil. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.) + Eastern
Electricity Fellow and Tutor in Engineering Science
Hoekstra, Kinch Steven James, MA, D.Phil. (BA Brown) + Tutor in Philosophy
Carr, Reginald Philip, MA (BA Leeds; MA Manchester, Camb.) + Professorial
Fellow and Bodley's Librarian
Skinner, Simon Andrew, MA, M.Phil., D.Phil. + Younger Fellow and Tutor in Modern History
Forder, James, MA, D.Phil. + Tutor in Economics
Trefethen, Lloyd Nicholas, MA (AB Harvard: MS, Ph.D. Stanford) ~ Professor of Numerical Analysis
van der Veen, Marten, MA, Senior Bursar
Endicott, Timothy Andrew Orville, MA, D.Phil. (AB Harvard; LLB Toronto) +
Tutor in Law
Lamond, Grant Ian, BCL, MA, D.Phil. (BA, LLB Sydney) + Tutor in Law
Willman, Paul, MA, D.Phil. ~ Ernest Butten Professor of Management Studies
Abrams, Lesley Jane, MA (MA, Ph.D. Toronto) + Colyer-Fergusson Fellow, and Tutor in Modern History (Medieval)
Schaffalitzky, Frederik (BA Camb.) Junior Research Fellow in Engineering
Adeney, Katharine Saskia (BA Hull; M.Sc. LSE) Junior Research Fellow in Politics
Field, Robert William, MA (BA, Ph.D. Camb.) + Tutor in Engineering Science
Reichold, Armin Josef Hermann, MA (Diplom., PAS. Dr Rer Nat) + Tutor in Physics
Cooper, Alan John (B.Sc., Ph.D. Wellington) Professor of Ancient Molecules and Senior Research Fellow in Biomolecular Sciences
Dutton, William Harold, MA (BA Missouri; MA, Ph.D. SUNY) ~ Professorial
Fellow, Professor of Internet Studies, and Director of the Oxford Internet Institute
Roper, Lyndal Anne (BA Melbourne; Ph.D. Lond.) + Tutor in Modern History
Melham, Thomas Frederick, MA (B.Sc. Calgary; Ph.D. Camb.) FRSE + Tutor in
Computation
Perry, Seamus Peter, MA, D.Phil. + Tutor in English
Meakins, Jonathan Larmoth (B.Sc. McGill; MD Western Ontario; D.Sc.
Cincinnati) ~ Nuffield Professor of Surgery
Shapiro, Beth Alison (B.Sc., MS Georgia, Athens) Junior Research Fellow in the Biological Sciences
Armstrong, Rebecca Margaret, BA, M.St., D.Phil. Dyson Junior Research Fellow in Classical Culture
Bernitz, Ulf, MA (LLM, Jur.Dr. Stockholm; M.Cornp.Juris. NYU Senior
Research Fellow in Law
Foster, Brian, OBE, D.Phil. (B.Sc. Lond.) ~ Professor of Experimental Physics
Rubenstein, Daniel I.. MA (BS Michigan; MA Camb.; Ph.D. Duke) +
Supernumarary Fellow, George Eastman Visiting Professor
Frederickson, H. George (Ph.D. Sth Calif.) + Supernumerary Fellow, John G
Winant Visiting Professor of American Government
Percy, Carol, D. Phil. (BA, MA Toronto) Supernumerary Visiting Fellow
Talbot, Ian (BA, Ph.D. Lond.) Supernumerary Visiting Fellow
Emeritus Fellows
Pennington, Donald Henshaw, MA, F.R.Hist.S.
Garlick, Kenneth John, MA (Ph.D. Birm.)
Woods, Leslie Colin, MA, D.Phil., D.Sc. (BE, D.Sc. New Zealand)
Green, Malcolm Leslie Hodder, MA (Ph.D. Lond.; MA Camb.) FRS, C.Chem.,
FRSC *
Lukes, Steven Michael, MA, D.Phil., FBA
Sandars, Patrick George Henry, MA, D.Phil. *
Weinstein, William Leon, MA, B.Phil. (BA Columbia)
Beckerman, Wilfred, MA, D.Phil. (MA, Ph.D. Camb.)
Harris, Donald Renshaw, BCL, MA (BA, LL M New Zealand) *
Brink, David Maurice, MA, D.Phil. (B.Sc. Tasmania) FRS
Montefiore, Alan Claud Robin Goldsmid, MA
Turner, David Warren, MA (B.Sc. Univ. Coll. of the South West; Ph.D. Lond.)
FRS
Barnes, Jonathan, MA, FBA
Prest, John Michael, MA (MA Camb.)
Howatson, Alastair Macrae, MA (B.Sc., Ph.D. Edin.)
Rea, John Rowland, MA (BA Belf, Ph.D. Lond.), FBA
Fowler, Godfrey Heath, OBE, BM, MA. DCH, DRCOG, FRCGP
Morton, Keith William, MA (Ph.D. New York)
Stapleton, Barbara Jane, D.Phil. (B.Sc. New South Wales Ph.D. Adelaide; LLB
ANU)
Campbell-Lamerton, Michael John, OBE, MA, MBIM
Davies, Paul Lyndon, MA (LLM London and Yale) FBA
Lonsdale, Roger Harrison, MA, D.Phil., FRSL, FBA
Keen, Maurice Hugh, MA, D.Phil., F.R.Hist.S., FSA, FBA
McFarland, David John, MA, D.Phil. (B.Sc. Liv.)
Burrow, John Wynon, MA, D.Phil. (MA. Ph.D. Camb.)
Stoy, Joseph Edward, MA
Powis, Jonathan Keppel, MA, D.Phil.
Morris, Sir Peter John, MA (MB, B.Sc., Ph.D. Melbourne), FACS, FRACS, FRCS,
FRS
Honorary Fellows
Heath, Rt Hon. Sir Edward Richard George, KG, PC, MBE, MA, MP *
Longuet-Higgins, Hugh Christopher, MA, D.Phil., FRS, FRSE
Miller, Joseph Irwin, MA
Blumberg, Baruch Samuel, MA, D.Phil. (MA, MD Columbia)
Dover, Sir Kenneth James, Kt, MA, D.Litt., FBA, FRSE *
Geach, Professor Peter Thomas, MA. FBA
Healey, Denis Winston, Rt Hon. Lord Healey, PC, CH, MBE, MA
Jones, Reginald Victor, CH, CB, CBE, MA, D.Phil., FRS *
Schlesinger, John Richard, CBE, BA
HM King Harald V of Norway
Higman, Graham, MA, D.Phil., FRS *
Knowles, Jeremy Randall, CBE, MA, D.Phil., F.R.S. *
Thomas, Sir Keith Vivian, MA, FBA *
Hinde, Robert Aubrey, MA, D.Phil., FRS
Leonard, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon. Graham Douglas, KCVO, PC, MA
Streeten, Paul Patrick, MA, D.Litt.
von Weizsdeker, Richard (Dr. Jur. Gottingen)
Anderson, William Eric Kinloch, B.Litt. (MA St And.), FRSE *
Bingham, Thomas Henry, Rt Hon. Lord Bingham of Cornhill, MA
Craig, Gordon Alexander, B.Litt. (AB, AM, Ph.D. Princeton), FBA, Ordre pour le Merite
Hutton, James Brian Edward, Rt Hon. Lord Hutton of Bresagh PC
Leggett, Anthony James, MA, D.Phil., FRS
Nisbet, Robin George Murdoch, MA, FBA *
Ricks, Christopher Bruce, MA, B.Litt., FBA *
Kenny, Sir Anthony John Patrick, MA, D.Phil., D.Litt., FBA *
Blandy, John Peter, CBE, MA, DM, M.Ch., FRCS, FACS
Carey, John, MA, D.Phil., FRSL *
Fairfax, James Oswald, AO, MA
MacDougall, Sir George Donald Alastair, Kt, CBE, MA, FBA *
Mallet, John Valentine Granville, BA, FSA, FRSA
Sarbanes, Paul Spyros, BA
HM Tuanku Ja'afar, Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Yang Di-Pertuan
Agung X of Malaysia
Her Imperial Highness the Crown Princess Masako of Japan
Steiner, George, D.Phil. (BA Chicago; MA Harvard), FRSL
Alleyne, Doddridge Henry Newton, MA
Alberti, Kurt George Matthew Mayer, D.Phil., BM, B.Ch., FRCP, FRCPE,
F.R.C.Path.
Gilmour, Ian Hedworth John Little, Rt Hon. Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar, PC,
MA
Handley, Vernon George, BA, FRCM
Keegan, Sir John Desmond Patrick, OBE, MA, FRSL, F.R.Hist.S.
Patten, Rt Hon. Christopher Francis, CH, PC, MA, DCL Chancellor
Rodger, Alan Ferguson, Rt Hon. Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, PC, MA, D.Phil, DCL
(MA, LLB Glasgow), FBA
Strang, William Gilbert, BA (SB, MIT; Ph.D. Calif.)
Mehta, Ved Parkash, MA (MA Harvard)
Lucas, Sir Colin Renshaw, MA, D.Phil., F.R.Hist.S. * Vice-Chancellor
Benenson, Peter James Henry Solomon, MA
Foundation Fellows
Dellal, Jack
Moynihan, Jonathan Patrick, MA
Shirley, Dame Stephanie, DBE, C.Eng., FBCS
Lecturers
Ockenden, Raymond Curtis, MA, D.Phil. *+ German
Southworth, Eric Alan, MA (MA Camb.) *+ Spanish
Comber, Michael (MA Camb.; MA Illinois) Classics
Palmer, Christopher William Proctor, MA, D.Phil. Physics
Dressler, David Howard (MA, Ph.D. Harvard) Biochemistry
Hargrave, Robert Mark, MA, B.Phil. (B.Sc. East Anglia) Philosophy
Deer, Cecile (DFCSCAF, MBA, MA, DEA) French
Bell, Jordan Christopher, B.Phil., MA, D.Phil. Philosophy
Bevan, Jonathan James, M.Math. Mathematics
De Focatiis, Davide (MA, M.Eng. Camb.) Engineering
Gerwarth, Robert (MA Berlin) History
Hampshire, James, BA (MA York) Politics
Humphreys, Adam Richard Copeland, BA Politics