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University of Oxford/Related Articles
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Parent topics
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. [e]
- Oxford [r]: A city in Oxfordshire, UK, known as the location of Oxford University. [e]
- University [r]: A type of institution that provides higher or tertiary education. [e]
Subtopics
Colleges
- Pembroke College, Oxford [r]: A college of the University of Oxford in England; its main buildings are on Pembroke Square. [e]
Alumni and Faculty
- Douglas Adams [r]: (1952–2001) English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician, best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [e]
- Tony Blair [r]: Former Labour Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007). [e]
- Richard Dawkins [r]: British ethologist, evolutionary biologist; writer and broadcaster on science and atheism (born 1941). [e]
- Stephen Oppenheimer [r]: A University of Oxford professor and leading expert in using DNA to track global human migrations over the past 50,000 years. [e]
- J.R.R. Tolkien [r]: (1892-1973) University professor and author, best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. [e]
- Margaret Thatcher [r]: The first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, famous for her free market views and for successfully waging the Falklands War, frequently called the "Iron Lady". [e]
Groups
- The Inklings [r]: The discussion group at Oxford University in which two of the key 20th century authors of Fantasy, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien, met to discuss their work. [e]
