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Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. [ 2 ]
The Clarendon Institute (or the Clarendon Press Institute) is a building in Walton Street, central Oxford, England.. In 1891, Horace Hart (1840–1916) of the Clarendon Press (now Oxford University Press) proposed an institute to provide a place providing relaxation and further education facilities for staff at the Press. [1]
The Oxford University Press is a neoclassical building erected 1826–30. [2] The central part was designed by Daniel Robertson and the north and west wings by Edward Blore. [2] Modern extensions were added in 1960–61 and early in the 1970s. [2] The Freud café-bar stands opposite the Oxford University Press, and at the head of Great ...
Pages in category "Oxford University Press" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Clarendon Institute; E. Oxford English Corpus; G.
The junction of Great Clarendon Street with Albert Street. Many of the houses here were built in the first half of the 19th century. [1] In the early 19th century, Grey Coat's (University) School was located here. The street was named in 1890–1. [3] The street is named after the Clarendon Press (aka, the Oxford University Press) of Oxford ...
The Clarendon Building was built 1711–15 to house the Oxford University Press's printing operations. It was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, a pupil of Wren. The academic and physician Henry Acland (1815–1900) lived in the street at number 40 on the site of the Weston Library, part of Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
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The original building, substantially enlarged, is now part of the Oxford Earth Sciences Department. The Oxford Electric Bell apparatus (also known as the Clarendon Dry Pile), constructed in 1840, is located in the foyer of the Clarendon Laboratory.