University of Oxford
- United Kingdom
- Founded 1096
Overview
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1096Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | OxfordSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 19,791 (year not stated)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | ox.ac.uk (opens in a new tab) |
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| YouTube | Official channel (opens in a new tab) |
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People who studied here
- J. R. R. Tolkien (opens in a new tab)English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
- Erwin Schrödinger (opens in a new tab)Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
- Thomas Hobbes (opens in a new tab)English philosopher (1588–1679)
- Lewis Carroll (opens in a new tab)British author and scholar (1832–1898)
- Robert Mugabe (opens in a new tab)2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
- Richard Dawkins (opens in a new tab)English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
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