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The college was founded on an endowment from Nicholas
Wadham and his formidable wife Dorothy oversaw the establishment of the
college in a period of just four years. In the 1650s, Warden John Wilkins
gathered some of the greatest scientific thinkers of the day together for
meetings in the room above the porter's lodge. The attendees, including
Christopher Wren, went on to found the Royal Society in 1662. The college
also owns the Holywell Music Room, the oldest purpose built music room in
Europe which has played host to both Handel and Haydn. |
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