Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/20

Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:
 * ... that Christopher Tin (pictured) is the first Fulbright scholar for film scoring?
 * ... that the world's largest mathematical experiment, designed by Brian Butterworth, found women to be faster than men at subitizing?
 * ... that Englishman James McFarlane was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav for his eight-volume work Oxford Ibsen?
 * ... that British plant physiologist Daphne Osborne showed that the gas ethylene is a natural plant hormone which regulates ageing and the shedding of leaves and fruits?
 * ... that millionaire's daughter Rose Dugdale joined an IRA active service unit and took part in the first helicopter bombing raid on the British Isles in 1974?

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