List of founders of English schools and colleges
This is a list of the founders of English schools, colleges, and universities.
Oxford Colleges
Colleges of the University of Oxford were founded by:| Founder | College and year of foundation |
| William of Durham | University College, 1249 |
| John I de Balliol | Balliol College, 1263 |
| Walter de Merton | Merton College, 1264 |
| Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter | Exeter College, 1314 |
| Adam de Brome | Oriel College, 1324 |
| Robert de Eglesfield, chaplain of Queen Philippa | Queen's College, 1341 |
| William of Wykeham | New College, 1379 |
| Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln | Lincoln College, 1427 |
| Henry Chichele | All Souls College, 1438 |
| William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester | Magdalen College, 1458 |
| Richard Sutton and William Smyth | Brasenose College, 1509 |
| Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester | Corpus Christi College, 1517 |
| King Henry VIII | Christ Church, 1546 |
| Sir Thomas Pope | Trinity College, 1555 |
| Sir Thomas White | St John's College, 1555 |
| Hugh Price | Jesus College, 1571 |
| Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham | Wadham College, 1610 |
| King James I | Pembroke College, 1624 |
Cambridge Colleges
Colleges of the University of Cambridge were founded by:| Founder | College and year of foundation |
| Hugh de Balsham | Peterhouse, 1284 |
| Margaret of Anjou | Queens' College, 1448 |
| Elizabeth Woodville | Queens' College, 1465 |
| John Alcock | Jesus College, 1496 |
| Lady Margaret Beaufort | Christ's College, 1505 |
| Lady Margaret Beaufort & St John Fisher | St John's College, 1511 |
| Thomas Audley | Magdalene College, 1542 |
| King Henry VIII | Trinity College, 1546 |
| John Caius | Gonville and Caius College, 1557 |
| Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex | Sidney Sussex College, 1596 |
| Emily Davies Barbara Bodichon Lady Stanley of Alderley | Girton College, 1869 |
| 15th Duke of Norfolk | St Edmund's House, later College, 1896 |
English schools
English schools were founded by:| Founder | School and year of foundation |
| St Augustine | The King's School, Canterbury, 597 AD |
| St Justus | The King's School, Rochester, 604 AD |
| Herbert de Losinga | Norwich School, 1096 |
| Walkelin de Derby | Derby School, c. 1165 |
| Isabella of France | Bablake School, 1344 |
| William of Wykeham | Winchester College, 1382 |
| Henry VI of England | Eton College, 1440 |
| Hugh Oldham | Manchester Grammar School, 1515 |
| Thomas Horsley | Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1525 |
| William Radcliffe | Stamford School, 1532 |
| John Incent | Berkhamsted Collegiate School, 1541 |
| King Henry VIII | Durham School, 1541 The King's School, Canterbury, 1541 King's Ely, 1541 The King's School, Chester, 1541 The King's School, Gloucester, 1541 The King's School, Peterborough, 1541 The King's School, Rochester, 1541 The King's School, Worcester, 1541 |
| William Dauntesey | Dauntsey's School, 1542 |
| King Edward VI | Sherborne School, 1550 King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, 1551 King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, 1551 Shrewsbury School, 1552 King Edward's School, Bath, 1552 King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1552 Christ's Hospital, 1552 |
| King Edward VI and Nicholas Ridley | King Edward's School, Witley, 1553 |
| William Harpur | Bedford School, refounded 1552 |
| Sir John Gresham | Gresham's School, 1555 |
| Sir William Laxton | Oundle School, 1556 |
| Queen Elizabeth I | Westminster School, 1560 |
| Lawrence Sheriff | Rugby School, 1562 |
| Sir Roger Cholmeley | Highgate School, 1565 |
| Robert Harvard One of four founders | St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School, 1571 |
| John Lyon | Harrow School, 1572 |
| Thomas Aldersey | Aldersey Grammar School, 1575 |
| William Lambe | Sutton Valence School, 1576 |
| Edmund Grindal | St Bees School, 1583 |
| John Whitgift | Whitgift School, 1596 |
| Sir Thomas Gresham | Gresham College, 1597 |
| Richard Platt | Aldenham School, 1597 |
| Henry Lee of Ditchley | Aylesbury Grammar School, 1598 |
| Peter Blundell | Blundell's School, 1604 |
| Thomas Sutton | Charterhouse School, 1611 |
| Stephen Perse | The Perse School, 1615 |
| Edward Alleyn | Dulwich College, 1619 |
| William Glegg | Calday Grange Grammar School, 1636 |
| Robert Aske | Haberdashers' Aske's School, 1690 |
| Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth | Lord Weymouth's School now Warminster School, 1707 |
| John Wesley | Kingswood School, 1748 |
| Moses Benson | St. James's School, Liverpool, 1802 |
| Andrew Reed | London Asylum for Orphans , 1813 |
| William Sewell | Radley College, 1847 |
| Nathaniel Woodard | Lancing College, 1848 Hurstpierpoint College, 1849 Ardingly College, 1858 Denstone College, 1868 Abbots Bromley School for Girls, 1874 King's College, 1880 Ellesmere College, 1884 Worksop College, 1890 |
| Queen Victoria | Wellington College, 1853 |
| Francis Pocock | Monkton Combe School, 1868 |
| Frederick Savage | Seaford College, 1884 |
| John Haden Badley | Bedales School, 1893 |
| Olive Willis | Downe House, 1907 |
| Alexander Nikitich | Carfax Tutorial Establishment, 2008 |
English schools and colleges outside England
- Sir Henry Lawrence - Lawrence Schools at Sanawar, Ooty
- Claude Martin - La Martiniere College Schools at Lucknow, Kolkata and Lyon