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  • Thumbnail for University of Oxford
    The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university...
    206 KB (18,091 words) - 18:12, 23 April 2024
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    Oxford (/ˈɒksfərd/) is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was...
    120 KB (9,887 words) - 17:53, 26 April 2024
  • Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. The first book was...
    46 KB (5,412 words) - 08:54, 22 April 2024
  • Oxford United Football Club is a professional association football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team compete in League One, the third level...
    116 KB (10,655 words) - 21:48, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oxford English Dictionary
    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces...
    91 KB (9,623 words) - 15:55, 26 April 2024
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    the Oxford. These are instances where both Oxford and Cambridge have now diverged from Blayney's 1769 Edition. The distinctions between the Oxford and...
    114 KB (14,538 words) - 07:03, 27 April 2024
  • Serial comma (redirect from Oxford comma)
    English-language punctuation, the serial comma, also referred to as the series comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma, is a comma placed immediately after the penultimate...
    41 KB (5,178 words) - 21:50, 21 April 2024
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    Oxfordshire (redirect from County of Oxford)
    to the south, and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to the west. The city of Oxford is the largest settlement and county town. The county is largely rural,...
    30 KB (2,326 words) - 13:08, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christ Church, Oxford
    Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniquely a joint foundation of the university and the cathedral of the Oxford diocese...
    49 KB (4,849 words) - 01:31, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dictionary of National Biography
    notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) was published on 23 September 2004...
    30 KB (2,095 words) - 19:58, 1 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Boat Race
    set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on...
    84 KB (6,962 words) - 02:40, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Percy Bysshe Shelley
    following among his fellow pupils. Prior to enrolling for University College, Oxford, in October 1810, Shelley completed Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire...
    80 KB (10,358 words) - 22:00, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Balliol College, Oxford
    college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world...
    64 KB (7,057 words) - 12:35, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bodleian Library
    (/ˈbɒdliən, bɒdˈliːən/) is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from...
    50 KB (5,315 words) - 18:02, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Magdalen College, Oxford
    the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022...
    93 KB (9,453 words) - 13:30, 20 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
    The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID‑19 vaccine, sold under the brand names Covishield and Vaxzevria among others, is a viral vector vaccine for the prevention...
    211 KB (16,862 words) - 19:31, 11 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for The London Gazette
    Gazette was first published as The Oxford Gazette on 7 November 1665. Charles II and the Royal Court had moved to Oxford to escape the Great Plague of London...
    11 KB (1,038 words) - 13:48, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for New College, Oxford
    New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction...
    38 KB (3,924 words) - 18:58, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oxford, Mississippi
    Oxford is the 14th most populous city in Mississippi, and the county seat of Lafayette County, 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Memphis. A college town,...
    37 KB (3,292 words) - 18:05, 19 February 2024
  • Pronunciation has sometimes been called "Oxford English", as it used to be the accent of most members of the University of Oxford. The Handbook of the International...
    83 KB (8,649 words) - 00:25, 25 April 2024
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