He graduated ( with first class honours ) in 1925, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study under Charles Scott Sherrington at Magdalen College, Oxford University, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1929.

He grew up on the family's pastoral properties and was educated at Glamorgan ( now part of Geelong Grammar School ) and Melbourne Grammar School, before completing a degree in philosophy, politics and economics (" Modern Greats ") at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1952, where he became friendly with future Canadian Prime Minister John Turner.

An examination of John's Gospel makes it almost impossible to deny the identity of Mary of Bethany with Mary Magdalen.

Rabanus states that Joseph of Arimathea was sent to Britain, and he goes on to detail who travelled with him as far as France, claiming that he was accompanied by " the two Bethany sisters, Mary and Martha, Lazarus ( who was raised from the dead ), St. Eutropius, St. Salome, St. Cleon, St. Saturnius, St. Mary Magdalen, Marcella ( the maid of the Bethany sisters ), St. Maxium or Maximin, St.

He built himself a remarkable vicarage, with chimneys modelled on the towers of the churches in his life: Tamerton, where he had been curate ; Morwenstow and Welcombe ; plus that of Magdalen College, Oxford.

He also enjoys a platonic relationship with the equally worldly Benedictine nun, Sister Magdalen ( formerly Avice of Thornbury ) of the nunnery close by at Godric's Ford ( The Leper of St. Giles, Dead Man's Ransom, The Rose Rent.

Bradford ( matriculated 1884 ) claimed that in 1886 he was walking through Chapel Quad with R. H Tilney ( matriculated 1885 ), discussing a visit to Magdalen the previous day.

In 2011, Hertford College ranked 5th in the Norrington Table of results, and over the decade 2000 – 2009, it was in the top ten most years, an honour shared with Balliol, Christ Church, Magdalen, Merton, New College, and St John's.

It particularly refers to regions of The Maritimes with French roots, language, and culture, primarily in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Magdalen Islands and Prince Edward Island, as well as in Maine.

The Magdalen Islands ( French, Îles de la Madeleine ) form a small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with a land area of.

* Quebec tourism information on the Magdalen Islands including a map ( with the French names )

In 1626 he matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford ( now Hertford College ), intending to become a priest, but after a series of distractions was persuaded to become a barrister like his father thanks to an encounter with a Serjeant-at-Law in a dispute over his estate.

On 20 October 1626, at the age of 16, Hale matriculated at the University of Oxford as a member of Magdalen Hall, with the goal of becoming a priest.

Hague studied PPE at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with First-Class Honours.

Betjeman records his appreciation of Bowra in his verse autobiography Summoned by Bells ; he evokes an evening spent dining with Bowra in a passage which concludes: " I wandered back to Magdalen, certain then ,/ As now, that Maurice Bowra ’ s company / Taught me far more than all my tutors did.

The final " e " in the name was introduced to avoid confusion with Magdalen College, Oxford.

He painted a dead Christ, with Mary Magdalen and the Virgin Mary and the martyrs local Saints Pietro Parenzo and Faustino. The figure of the dead Christ, according to Vasari, is the image of Signorelli's son Antonio, who died from the plague during the course of the execution of the paintings.

He grew up in Oxfordshire and attended Magdalen College School and Peterhouse, Cambridge where he graduated with a first in English.

She had her first big hit when she was chosen to play Mary Magdalen together with Camilo Sesto in the first Spanish version of Jesus Christ Superstar in the mid-1970s.

On 10 March 1949 Roger Lancelyn Green dined with him at Magdalen College.

Soon after this event he became a Roman Catholic, and he advised the new king with regard to affairs in Oxford, being partly responsible for the tactless conduct of James in forcing a quarrel with the fellows of Magdalen College.

One critic points out that a nun character in her book, Jane Ray, was actually residing with Monk at the Magdalen Asylum, rather than at the Hotel Dieu Nunnery.

File: Magdalen_with_the_Smoking_Flame_c1640_Georges_de_La_Tour. jpg | Georges de La Tour, Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, 1640

File: Magdalen with the Smoking Flame c1640 Georges de La Tour. jpg | Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c. 1640, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

* La Madeleine à la veilleuse ( Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c. 1640 ), a painting by Georges de La Tour

Such tools have been found at Gorée and the Magdalen Islands, indicating the activity of shipbuilding by nearby fishermen.

When Lean left Oxford during 1933, the society ended, and its name was transferred by Tolkien and Lewis to their group at Magdalen College.

* Magdalen College School, Oxford, established by William Waynflete.

The Tyndale family also went by the name Hychyns ( Hitchins ), and it was as William Hychyns that Tyndale was enrolled at Magdalen College School, Oxford.

On May 16, 1995, Martin Sheen and Paul Watson from the non-profit environmental organization Sea Shepherd, were confronted by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel on Magdalen Islands over Sea Shepherd's history of attacks on sealing and whaling ships.

The Abbey's 17th century organ-known as the Milton Organ-was originally made for Magdalen College, Oxford by Robert Dallam.

At the center of downtown is Magdalen Square, which is accented by large oak trees, a fountain, and gazebo.

Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester.

Magdalen College has a strong drama scene, organised by the Magdalen Players.

The demise of Hertford College was welcomed by Magdalen College, who had long been searching for a way of expelling its namesake neighbour Magdalen Hall (, Aula Magdalenae or Magdalis ).

Magdalen Hall was founded in 1448 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor, who later also founded Magdalen College.

An Act of Parliament was passed supporting the plan, but no move was made until a fire accidentally started by an undergraduate on 9 January 1820 destroyed almost half of Magdalen Hall's buildings.

With this motivation, the new foundation stone of Magdalen Hall was laid at the new site on 3 May 1820, and the Hall's migration was complete by 1822.

Magdalen Hall expanded to fill the space, and became the largest hall by far, numbering 214 members in 1846.

One was a Leander crew, composed mostly of Magdalen College ( Oxford ) rowers, and captained by the Magdalen captain.

Philip by the Master of the Legend of the Magdalen

He was educated at Magdalen Hall ( which later became Hertford College ), Oxford, being tutored by John Tombes and graduating BA in 1631 and MA in 1634.

He is also commemorated by having St Swithin's Lane in the City of London, St Swithun's School for girls in Winchester and St. Swithun's quadrangle in Magdalen College, Oxford named after him.