Scholars, Critics, Diarists, Publishers, Librarians
- Joseph Addison (The Queen's and Magdalen)
- Jean Aitchison (Worcester)
- Peter Bayley (University)
- John Bayley (St Catherine's)
- Max Beerbohm (Merton)
- Homi K. Bhabha
- James H. Billington (Balliol)
- Andrew Cecil Bradley (Balliol)
- Melvyn Bragg (Wadham)
- Jacky Bratton (St Anne's)
- Katharine Mary Briggs (Lady Margaret Hall)
- Vera Brittain (Somerville)
- Cleanth Brooks (Exeter)
- Robert Burchfield (Magdalen and Christ Church)
- Sir Raymond Carr (Christ Church, New College, All Souls and St Antony's)
- Alasdair Clayre (All Souls)
- Peter Conrad (Christ Church and All Souls)
- Janet E. Courtney (Lady Margaret Hall)
- Jonathan Culler
- Thomas de Quincey (Brasenose)
- Susie Dent
- Terry Eagleton (Wadham, Linacre, and St Catherine's)
- Richard Ellmann (New College)
- Paul Engle
- Geoffrey Faber (Christ Church)
- James Fenton (Magdalen)
- Henry Watson Fowler (Balliol)
- Adam Fox (Magdalen)
- Leela Gandhi
- William Gifford (Exeter)
- Victor Gollancz (New College)
- George Stuart Gordon (Oriel and Magdalen)
- John Haffenden (St John's and Magdalen)
- Ian Hamilton (Keble)
- Richard Hakluyt (Christ Church)
- George Birkbeck Norman Hill (Pembroke)
- Hugh Haughton
- Thomas James (New College)
- Samuel Johnson (Pembroke)
- Andrew Lang (Balliol)
- Gerard Langbaine (University)
- Monica Jones (St Hugh's)
- John Lahr (Worcester)
- Andrew George Lehmann
- C. S. Lewis (University and Magdalen)
- Alain LeRoy Locke (Hertford)
- Edward Lucie-Smith (Merton)
- Fiona MacCarthy
- Peter McDonald (University and Christ Church)
- Robert Macfarlane (Magdalen)
- Norris McWhirter (Trinity)
- Ross McWhirter (Trinity)
- Chris Maslanka (St Catherine's)
- Ved Mehta (Balliol)
- Kate Millett (St Hilda's)
- Peter Milward (Campion Hall)
- Toril Moi (Lady Margaret Hall and Pembroke)
- Jan Morris (St Edmund Hall and Christ Church)
- Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris (Worcester)
- Raymond Mortimer (Balliol)
- Beverley Nichols (Balliol)
- Harold Nicolson (Balliol)
- David Norbrook (Balliol, Magdalen, and Merton)
- Michael O'Neill (Exeter)
- Francis Turner Palgrave (Balliol and Exeter)
- Walter Pater (The Queen's)
- William Paton Ker (Balliol and All Souls)
- Reynolds Price (Merton)
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (Trinity)
- Walter Alexander Raleigh (Merton)
- C. Allen Thorndike Rice
- Christopher Ricks (Balliol and Worcester)
- Neil Leon Rudenstine (New College)
- John Campbell Shairp (Balliol)
- Susan Sontag (St Anne's)
- Richard Steele (Merton)
- Percy Stephensen (The Queen's)
- J. I. M. Stewart (Oriel and Christ Church)
- Jonathan Swift (Hertford)
- Ann Thwaite (St Hilda's)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (Exeter and Pembroke)
- Jenny Uglow (St Anne's)
- Guðbrandur Vigfússon
- Fredric Warburg (Christ Church)
- Marina Warner (Lady Margaret Hall)
- Joseph Warton (Oriel)
- Raymond Williams
- Simon Winchester (St Catherine's)
- George Woodcock
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