Historic Hertfordians
Today’s Hertford College is the successor to at least three previous institutions – Hart Hall, Hertford College and Magdalen Hall. Discover historic alumni from all four colleges and halls below.
William Tyndale (1494-1536)
Alexander Briant (1556-1581)
John Donne (1572-1631)
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
John Davenport (1597-1670)
Edward Hyde (1609-1674)
John Wilkins (1614-1672)
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Henry Pelham (1694-1754)
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
J. Meade Falkner (1858-1932)
Alain LeRoy Locke (1886-1954)
James Parkes (1896-1981)
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)
Julia Briggs (1943-2007)