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University
The time of creation
Number of colleges
The name of the first college
Famous graduates
Oxford
Cambridge
Oxford
Oxford University was created in the first years of the thirteenth century when students expelled from the Sorbonne in Paris came to Oxford city monasteries to study. Like Cambridge, Oxford University is a group of
independent colleges. There are now 34. The church used to dominate Oxford, and until the nineteenth century all dons (university teachers) had to remain unmarried.
Merton College and New College. For centuries the title of Oxfords oldest college has been claimed by Merton. It received its first students in 1270. The college remained by far the largest and grandest in Oxford until New College was founded in 1379. To ensure that the students had a thorough early education New College was linked to a grammar school, now Winchester College, from which it took all its students. To this day New College is internationally known for its choir.
Christ Church is Oxfords grandest college. Its chapel is Oxford Cathedral. The choir is world famous. King Henry VIII created Christ Church, uniting the college with the cathedral in a single foundation (1546). The gateway in the form of a domed tower was built by Sir Christopher Wren. Lewis Carroll (CharlesDodgson) taught mathematics at Christ Church. The story which he told Dean Liddels daughter Alice and her two sisters became Alice in Wonderland. 18 Prime Ministers were graduates from Christ Church.
Cambridge
Cambridge University consists of a group of 32 independent colleges. The first students came to the city in 1209 and studied in the school
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