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# University of Oxford

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A university in Oxford, England, Oxford is the oldest English-speaking university in the world. It is unclear when it was founded, however teaching has been documented as early as 1096. When [Henry III]? forbade English students to study at the [University of Paris]?, Oxford really took off. The oldest colleges are /University?, /Balliol? and /Merton?, established between 1249 and 1264. Women entered university in 1878 for the first time. They became members of the University in 1920.

Famous Oxford scholars include:

- [John Locke]?
- [Edmund Halley]?
- Lewis Carroll

Oxford's chief rival is Cambridge. Together Oxford and Cambridge are sometimes referred to as Oxbridge?. Cambridge is considered stronger in scientific subjects whereas Oxford is better at languages and philosophy.

Oxford University is the setting of Gaudy Night a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery? by Dorothy Sayers.

- Official website, http://www.ox.ac.uk/

See also [Oxford University Press]?

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