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The University of Oxford began to award doctorates for research in the first third of the 20th century. The first Oxford DPhil in mathematics was awarded in 1921. [59] The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature.
The Faculty of History at the University of Oxford organises that institution's teaching and research in medieval and modern history. Medieval and modern history has been taught at Oxford for longer than at virtually any other university, [1] and the first Regius Professor of Modern History was appointed in 1724.
He later returned to Oxford University and became Master of Pembroke College. Oxford's second university, Oxford Brookes University, formerly the Oxford School of Art, then Oxford Polytechnic, based at Headington Hill, was given its charter in 1991 and for ten years has been voted the best new university in the UK. [41]
History of the University of Oxford (9 C, 79 P) Pages in category "History of Oxford" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.
1825–1830 – New Oxford University Press building in Walton Street built. 1826 – July: Warneford Hospital opened as Oxford Lunatic Asylum. [25] 1827 4 June: The University Match (cricket) is first played between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge at Lord's; a draw. October: Swimming bath opened in St Clement's by this date. [131]
Pages in category "History of the University of Oxford" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The University of Oxford is made up of 43 constituent colleges, consisting of 36 semi-autonomous colleges, four permanent private halls and three societies (colleges that are departments of the university, without their own royal charter), and a range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. Each college is a self ...
Wykeham Professors of Ancient History (7 P) Pages in category "Historians of the University of Oxford" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.