Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/18

Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:
 * ... that Harry Peckham (pictured), along with Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, wrote the first draft of cricket's leg before wicket rule?
 * ... that Arthur Lee Dixon was the last holder of a mathematical Chair at the university to have a life tenure?
 * ... that MP Sir Anthony Kershaw returned leaked documents about the sinking of the General Belgrano, resulting in the prosecution of Clive Ponting?
 * ... that Adam Raphael was named Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards of 1973 for a Guardian series on labour conditions in South Africa?
 * ... that English barrister Joseph Keble went to the Court of King's Bench every day from 1661 to 1710, but was never known to have a brief for a client?

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