Rustication (academia) - Use in The United Kingdom

Use in The United Kingdom

Notable Britons who were rusticated during their time at University include:

• John Milton (1609–1674), Rusticated from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1626 for quarreling with his tutor.

• John Dryden (1631–1700), Rusticated from Trinity College, Cambridge. Exchanged insults with his college vice-master.

• Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), Rusticated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1794. Fired a gun at the window of a fellow student whose late night revelry had disturbed him and for whom he had an aversion. Landor chose not to return.

• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), Rusticated from University College, Oxford in 1811 for having written "The Necessity of Atheism" and then having published and disseminated the pamphlet to the heads of all colleges at the University. Shelley had originally been Sent Down (permanently expelled) but upon a supplication from his father to the University was given a chance to deny authorship and return. Shelley refused to deny authorship and was therefore sent down.

• Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), Rusticated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1842 for having challenged a fellow student to a duel, the latter having mocked the shape of his moustache. Burton had also attended a Steeplechase, a contravention of Oxford University's rules at that time.

• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), Rusticated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1859 for having publicly supported the attempted assassination of Napoleon III by Orsini.

• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Rusticated from Magdalen College, Oxford after having returned to his college some three weeks after a new term had begun.

• Auberon Waugh (1939–2001), Rusticated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1957. Waugh failed to perform sufficiently well to pass his Philosophy, Politics and Economics prelim exams. Waugh chose not to return.

• Mark Boxer (1931–1988) Rusticated in the 1950's from King's College, Cambridge, as editor of Granta, the student magazine, when it published a poem deemed by the authorities to be blasphemous.

• Jon Snow (1947-Present) Rusticated from University of Liverpool after taking part in a 1970 student protest against apartheid.