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Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities. [1] The extent of the arrangement differs from case to case, but commonly includes the right to dine at one's sister college, the right to book accommodation there, the holding of joint events between JCRs and invitations to May balls.
The University of Oxford is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer, in Canterbury Tales, referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford". [313] Mortimer Proctor argues the first campus novel was The Adventures of Oxymel Classic, Esq; Once an Oxford Scholar (1768). [314]
The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th–15th centuries, none survived the Reformation.The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.
Ron Atkinson holds the club record for appearances, having made 560 between 1959 and 1971. Oxford United is an English professional association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. They play in The Championship, the second level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 season. The club was formed in 1893 as Headington United, before changing its name (to Oxford United ...
Ernest Ainley-Walker (1871-1955): elected to a fellowship in University College in 1903, the first ‘medical tutor’ in any Oxford College. Published a textbook of Pathology in 1904. Acting Head of Pathology Department when Ritchie left and on several occasions when Dreyer was absent. Also appointed as first Dean of Oxford Medical School from ...
Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, [2] is located on Pembroke Square, Oxford.The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain and then-Chancellor of the University.
Oxford Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends), 43 St Giles [23] Pentecostal Church in Oxford, Victory Worship Centre, Malayalam Church Oxford , Tamil Church Oxford, Kanada Church Oxford, Telugu Church Oxford Pentecostal church, Oxford Services at Cherwell School, North Site [24] RCCG Lighthouse Parish, at Abingdon, Oxford and Witney [25 ...
Bardwell School, Bicester Bishopswood School, Sonning Common; Endeavour Academy, Headington Fitzwaryn School, Wantage Frank Wise School, Banbury The Iffley Academy, Oxford John Watson School, Wheatley