 st antony's college is one of the constituent colleges of the university of oxford in england. founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of french merchant sir antonin besse of aden, st antony's is one of the most cosmopolitan of the university of oxford's colleges and is considered to be a centre of excellence for study and research in the fields of international relations, economics, politics, and area studies.nicholls, c s. the history of st antony's college, oxford, 1950-2000. palgrave macmillan. 2000. p. 1-31. the college's areas of specialist study include europe, russia and the former soviet states, latin america, the middle east, africa, japan, china, and south and south east asia. the college is located in leafy north oxford with woodstock road to the west, bevington road to the south and winchester road to the east. as of 2012, st antony's had an estimated financial endowment of Â£30m. (updated january 2014) ==history== st antony's was founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of sir antonin besse of aden, a merchant of french descent. besse had been considering giving around two million pounds to the university of oxford for the foundation of a new college since 1947. ultimately, on the advice of his solicitor, r clyde, who had attended new college, besse decided to go ahead with the plan and permitted clyde to approach the university with the offer. the university was initially unreceptive of the offer and instead recommended that besse devote his funds to improving the finances of some of the poorer existing colleges. eventually bess
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