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This fresh and readable account gives a complete history of the University of Oxford, from its beginnings in the eleventh century to the present day - charting Oxford's improbable rise from provincial backwater to modern meritocratic and secular university with an ever-growing commitment to new research.
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Distinctions of Reason and Reasonable Distinctions is an intellectual biography of John Wallis (1616-1703), professor of mathematics at Oxford for over half a century. His career spans the political tumult of the English Civil Wars, the religious upheaval of the Church of England, and the fascinating developments in mathematics and natural philosophy. His ability to navigate this terrain and advance human learning in the academic world was facilitated by his use of the Jesuit Francisco Suarez’s theory of distinctions. This Roman Catholic’s philosophy in the hands of a Protestant divine fostered an instrumentalism necessary to bridge the old and new. With this tool, Wallis brought modern science into the university and helped form the Royal Society.
Mathematicians --- Wallis, John, --- University of Oxford --- Faculty
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Prior to becoming Crown Prince of Japan in 1989, following the death of his grandfather Emperor Showa, Prince Naruhito studied at Merton College, Oxford, from June 1983 to October 1985. His research topic was the River Thames as a commercial highway in the eighteenth century. This marked the first time that anyone in direct succession to the throne had ever studied outside Japan. In 1992, he published a record of his time at Oxford under the title Thames no tomo ni . The memoir, which includes a colour plate section incorporating photographs taken by the Prince, explores his daily life, studies and recreational experiences, including discovering beer and being banned from entering a disco because he was wearing jeans. The Thames and I is a remarkable record, not least because of its candour, but equally because it reveals the Crown Prince as an individual, including his personal charm and sense of humour. It will be of special interest to those wishing to know more about the future emperor of Japan.
Princes --- History --- Naruhito, --- University of Oxford --- Merton College --- Students --- Princes.
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In the first detailed history of All Souls College under the Wardenship of Bernard Gardiner, Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth offers a character driven story that addresses scheming, duplicity, and self-righteousness projected against some of the most important political and religious episodes of the early eighteenth century and the people who animated them. Throughout this book, Wigelsworth illuminates the ways in which All Souls and its warden were caught between competing visions of what England, and consequently Oxford, would look like in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Gardiner, Bernard, --- All Souls College (University of Oxford) --- University of Oxford. --- Collegio dei fedeli defunti in Oxford --- Collegium Omnium Animarum (University of Oxford) --- History --- Great Britain --- Influence. --- 378.4:727.3 --- 378.4 <41 OXFORD> --- 378.4:727.3 Universiteiten-:-Universiteitsgebouwen. Hogeschoolgebouwen --- Universiteiten-:-Universiteitsgebouwen. Hogeschoolgebouwen --- Universiteiten--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--OXFORD
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This work is an edition of the memoirs of the late Dr. Marjorie Reeves, a distinguished scholar of the twentieth century. Reeves combined outstanding achievements in medieval studies with major contributions to educational thinking and policy making in Britain.
Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. --- Humanism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. --- Learning and scholarship -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. --- Reeves, Marjorie -- Archives. --- Reeves, Marjorie. --- St. Anne’s College (University of Oxford) -- History. --- University of Oxford -- Biography. --- Women educators -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- Women historians -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- Women scholars -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- Women educators --- Women scholars --- Women historians --- Humanism --- Learning and scholarship --- Education, Higher --- Education --- Social Sciences --- History of Education --- Erudition --- Scholarship --- Civilization --- Intellectual life --- Research --- Scholars --- Philosophy --- Classical education --- Classical philology --- Philosophical anthropology --- Renaissance --- Historians --- Women in education --- Women specialists --- Educators --- History --- Reeves, Marjorie --- University of Oxford --- St. Anne's College (University of Oxford) --- History. --- Saint Anne's College (University of Oxford) --- University of Oxford. --- St. Anne's Society --- Prifysgol Rhydychen --- Oxford University --- Academia Oxoniensis --- Jāmiʻat Uksfūrd --- Universität Oxford --- Niujin da xue --- 牛津大学 --- جامعة أكسفورد
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The mathematical tradition at Oxford is one of the oldest in Britain, and Oxford scholars have been at the forefront of mathematical research for the past eight centuries. This is the story of the intellectual and social life of this community, and of its interactions with the wider world.
Mathematics --- Mathematicians --- Scientists --- Math --- Science --- History. --- University of Oxford --- Prifysgol Rhydychen --- Oxford University --- Academia Oxoniensis --- Jāmiʻat Uksfūrd --- Universität Oxford --- Niujin da xue --- 牛津大学 --- جامعة أكسفورد
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La lección inaugural de Albert V. Dicey de 1883 es una de las culminaciones del movimiento de reformas de la enseñanza jurídica comenzado en Inglaterra alrededor del año 1846 a la vez que un episodio clave para comprender las ambiguas relaciones entre la universidad y el mundo de los ejercientes representado por las Inns of Court en una época de cambios sociales y creciente democratización.
Law --- Derecho --- Study and teaching --- Estudio y enseñanza --- Enseñanza jurídica --- Vinerian Chair --- Universidad de Oxford --- University of Oxford --- Codificación --- Common Law
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