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The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is one of Britain's oldest university unions and considered [ by whom? ] one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies ...
The Oxford Union debating chamber. The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford ...
Baltimore [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a total population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous US city. [15] Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland [b] in 1851. Baltimore is the most populous independent city in the United States.
The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was Union Secretary in Michaelmas 1848. Harold Macmillan was Secretary of the Union in Hilary 1914, then Junior Treasurer (elected unopposed, which was then very unusual) in Trinity 1914; but for the war he would "almost certainly" have been President.
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Oxford is located at 38°41'12" North, 76°10'15" West (38.686776, -76.170842) [8] on the south bank of the Tred Avon river, near its mouth, where it empties into the Choptank. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.83 square miles (2.15 km 2 ), of which 0.54 square miles (1.40 km 2 ) is land and 0.29 ...
[24] [25] The Board of Inspectors consisted of Dr. James L. Bryan of Cambridge, Thomas C. Bruff of Baltimore County, the Rev. William Dale of Snow Hill, and chairman General James Howard of Baltimore, P. A. Witmer of Washington County. [25] [24] The board conducted its one-day investigation on March 22, 1887. [24]
A view of the murals of the Oxford Union Society Library at night time. Jane Burden, who would later marry William Morris, first appears as a model in the Oxford murals. Burden was noticed by Rossetti and Burne-Jones when she was visiting an Oxford theatre with her sister. Struck by Jane's beauty, they sought her to model for them.