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==University==
 
==University==
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The University was organised there soon after 1167, perhaps as a result of a migration of students from [[Paris]]. The first colleges were founded in the thirteenth century (University, 1249; Balliol, 1263 and Merton, 1264) and Oxford rose to equal status with the great medieval universties.
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The University was organised there soon after 1167, perhaps as a result of a migration of students from [[Paris]]. The first colleges were founded in the thirteenth century (University, 1249; Balliol, 1263 and Merton, 1264) and Oxford rose to equal status with the great medieval universities.
    
Numbering among  its scholars the philosopher and scientist [[Roger Bacon]], and [[Sir Thomas More]]. The esteemed writer [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was an Oxford professor.
 
Numbering among  its scholars the philosopher and scientist [[Roger Bacon]], and [[Sir Thomas More]]. The esteemed writer [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was an Oxford professor.
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A centre of [[Royalism]] in the seventeenth centuary, Oxford declined during the eighteen centuary but was revived in the 1800's, particuarly as a result of a renaissance in religious thought. The University includes the [[Bodleian Library]].
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A centre of [[Royalism]] in the seventeenth centuary, Oxford declined during the eighteen century but was revived in the 1800's, particularly as a result of a renaissance in religious thought. The University includes the [[Bodleian Library]].
    
==Sport==
 
==Sport==
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