Oxford is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Founded in the eighth century, it was granted city status in 1542. It had a population of 166,034 in 2024. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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oxford is associated with england.
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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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In 1963, with the assistance of Bedi and other sympathetic Westerners, Trungpa received a grant from the Spalding Trust to spend time at Oxford, and was granted "common room" access to St Antony's College, at Oxford University.
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During the English Civil War he was deprived of his benefices and his prebendal stall at Canterbury Cathedral and retired to Oxford refusing to acknowledge the authority of Oliver Cromwell, who, notwithstanding, requested him to write an impartial history of the events of the period.
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He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford.
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Traherne was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and matriculated in Brasenose College, Oxford, on 2 April 1652, receiving his baccalaureate degree on 13 October 1656.
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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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Oxford ( ) is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
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166,034
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It had a population of 166,034 in 2024.
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46 km2
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61 m
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51.75194
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-1.25778
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United Kingdom
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