University of Oxford
Oxford University lies along the upper course of the River Thames, known locally as the Isis, Oxfordshire, England.
University of Oxford
university, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: Oxford University
University of Oxford, English autonomous institution of higher learning at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, one of the world’s great universities. It lies along the upper course of the River Thames (called the Isis by Oxonians), 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of London. Sketchy evidence indicates that by the early 12th century, schools existed at Oxford. By the end of that century a university was well established, perhaps resulting from Henry II’s decision about 1167 to bar...
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