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Christ Church Library contains one of the largest collections of early printed books in Oxford outside the Bodleian Library.The library was described in 1946 as 'a heterogeneous collection of about 100,000 works' [1] and this is the figure which has generally been quoted since.
The Canterbury Quadrangle is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. [1] It stands on the site of the former Canterbury College. [2] On the west side is Christ Church Library, whose north façade completes the four sides of Peckwater Quadrangle. On the east side is Canterbury Gate with access to Oriel Square and Merton Street.
Christ Church, formally titled "The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth", [1] is the only academic institution in the world which is also a cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of Oxford. The Visitor of Christ Church is the reigning British sovereign [16] (currently King Charles ...
Student housing, Peckwater Quadrangle, Christ Church. The Peckwater Quadrangle (known as "Peck" to students) is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1] Christ Church Library is on the south side of the quad.
From 1831 until his death, he was Dean of Christ Church. [2] As curator of the Bodleian Library and principal delegate of the Oxford University Press, Gaisford was instrumental in securing the co-operation of distinguished European scholars as collators, notably Bekker and Dindorf.
Pusey edited the Library of the Fathers, a series of translations of the work of the Church fathers. Among the translators was his contemporary at Christ Church, Charles Dodgson. He also befriended and assisted Dodgson's son "Lewis Carroll" when he came to Christ Church. When Dodgson Sr. mourned the death of his wife (Carroll's mother), Pusey ...
The Blue Boar Quadrangle is a mid-century quadrangle within Christ Church, University of Oxford.Designed by Hidalgo Moya and Philip Powell, and built between 1965 and 1968, the quadrangle has been described by Lord McIntosh of Haringey as "one of the best buildings of its kind during the expansion of higher education".
He replaced of William Robert Grove on the board of commissioners for the University of Oxford. [5] Algernon West, who matriculated at Christ Church in 1850 and was one of Gordon's pupils, noted that in 1881 he still combined incongruously an "overpowering" case of the proverbial remark "The Englishman dearly loves a lord " with h-dropping. [24 ...