Thursday Travel: Oxford

Another day trip we took when we were in London was Oxford.

While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

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There we took a tour of part of the campus admiring the magnificent architecture of Oxford.

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  • 27 British prime ministers have attended Oxford.

  • The university is associated with eleven winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, five in physics, and sixteen in medicine.

— More on Wikipedia

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