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The 123 pages that link to University of Oxford, each with the reason it gives.
University of CambridgeRelated: Cambridge's foundation tradition links its beginnings to scholars leaving Oxford.
University of ParisRelated: Oxford developed amid the same transnational academic world as Paris, including migration of scholars.
Medieval universitiesBroader topic: Oxford shows how university institutions spread beyond their earliest Italian and French centers.
Margaret ThatcherRelated: Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College and became president of the Oxford University Conservative Association.
John WesleyRelated: Oxford was the setting for his early religious discipline and the Holy Club.
UniversityBroader topic: Oxford shows how a medieval university developed into a collegiate institution.
Clement AttleeRelated: Attlee studied at Oxford before working in social service and entering politics.
University College LondonCompared with: UCL’s foundation challenged Oxford’s and Cambridge’s dominance of English higher education.
Tony BlairRelated: Blair’s legal studies preceded his career as a barrister and politician.
Effective altruismRelated: Oxford research groups provided an early institutional base for the modern movement.
C. S. LewisRelated: Lewis’s Oxford post and literary friendships shaped his academic career and early Christian writing.
London School of EconomicsCompared with: Oxford’s collegiate structure and broad disciplinary scope differ from LSE’s focused London model.
Royal charterBroader topic: Its history illustrates the role of royal grants in recognizing and regulating universities.
Stuart HallRelated: Hall’s move to Oxford in 1951 began his long life and career in Britain.
T. E. LawrenceRelated: His Oxford education formed the scholarly basis for his early archaeological work.
W. H. AudenRelated: Auden studied at Christ Church, where his early poetry and literary friendships developed.
William Ewart GladstoneNarrower topic: Oxford supplied the classical education and institutional setting of Gladstone’s early public life.
SorbonneCompared with: Its collegiate history provides a useful comparison to the Sorbonne’s role within Paris’s medieval university.
E. E. Evans-PritchardRelated: His Oxford professorship made him a central figure in British anthropology after the war.
Gilbert RyleRelated: Ryle studied and taught at Oxford, where he became Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy.
John Henry NewmanRelated: Newman studied and taught at Oxford, where his theological work and church reform began.
Stephen HawkingRelated: Hawking studied physics at Oxford before moving to Cambridge for doctoral research.
William of OckhamRelated: Ockham studied and taught in Oxford’s scholastic environment before his later political controversies.
Alain LockeRelated: Locke studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar before returning to the United States.
Anthony EdenRelated: Eden studied at Christ Church before beginning his political career.
Howard FloreyRelated: Florey led the Oxford research team that developed penicillin as a treatment.
Lewis CarrollNarrower topic: Dodgson’s academic career unfolded within Oxford’s collegiate and scholarly life.
Trinity College, CambridgeCompared with: Its colleges offer a useful comparison for Trinity’s place in a collegiate university.
William TyndaleRelated: Tyndale studied there and acquired the classical and theological training behind his translations.
Eric WilliamsRelated: Williams studied history at Oxford and completed the doctoral research behind his scholarship on slavery.
Peter SingerRelated: Singer completed his doctorate there, where he developed his philosophical approach.
Christ Church, OxfordNarrower topic: Christ Church is one of the university’s constituent colleges.
David CameronRelated: Cameron studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Brasenose College.
Roger BaconRelated: Bacon studied and taught in Oxford’s intellectual environment before his later work in Paris.
Trinity College DublinRelated: Trinity’s founders modeled its collegiate structure on Oxford and Cambridge.
Halford MackinderRelated: Mackinder helped establish geography teaching at Oxford and became its first professor of geography.
John WycliffeRelated: Oxford provided the academic setting in which Wycliffe developed and defended his arguments.
Max MüllerRelated: Müller held the Oxford chair of comparative philology and spent most of his career there.
Richard Burton (actor)Related: Burton studied briefly at Oxford on a scholarship before pursuing acting.
Robert GravesRelated: Graves returned to Oxford after the war and studied there before establishing his writing career.
Sydney BrennerRelated: Brenner completed his doctorate in chemistry at Oxford.
Collegiate universityBroader topic: Its colleges provide much undergraduate teaching, accommodation, and student community.
Ernest GellnerRelated: Gellner studied philosophy, politics, and economics there before pursuing academic work.
Harold WilsonRelated: Wilson studied at Jesus College, Oxford, and became an economics tutor before entering politics.
John le CarréRelated: Cornwell studied at Oxford, an early chapter in the life behind the pen name.
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanRelated: He held the Spalding Professorship of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford.
Bodleian LibraryNarrower topic: The Bodleian was founded to serve Oxford’s scholars and remains the university’s central research library.
Cambridge (England)Compared with: Oxford provides a close historical comparison for Cambridge’s development as a university town.
Chris PattenRelated: Patten studied at Oxford before entering Conservative politics.
Jagiellonian UniversityCompared with: Its earlier medieval history helps distinguish Europe’s oldest university traditions.