Clarendon Fund

The process of selection aims to award the scholarship to students from each of the university's four academic divisions and the Department of Continuing Education, allowing interdisciplinary interaction amongst the scholars.

Edward Hyde, later Earl of Clarendon and also Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1660 to 1667, wrote a famous and highly profitable work, History of the Great Rebellion about the English Civil War of the 17th century.

It celebrates both the long history and traditions of Oxford and of OUP, as well as welcoming the Clarendon scholars who will write the pages of the university's future.

The building was constructed in the classical style from 1711 to 1713 on the design of Nicholas Hawksmoor, a pupil of the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren.

Trajan remains one of the most widely used fonts in book jacket cover design, a further link to the Clarendon Building's original use as the home of OUP.