Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/7

Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:
 * ... that Cheshire landowner Rowland Egerton-Warburton (pictured) arranged for his house, Arley Hall, to be designed in Tudor style while the chapel was designed in Gothic style?
 * ... that Herbert Armitage James, who was headmaster of Rugby School for 14 years, had one of the best stamp collections in England?
 * ... that Marrack Goulding, a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, was Warden of St Antony's College from 1997 to 2006?
 * ... that Clive Ponting was found not guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act by a jury even after the judge, Sir Anthony McCowan, summed up strongly in favour of the prosecution?
 * ... that Ion Calvocoressi won an immediate Military Cross in Libya in 1942, and was married to the sister of Ludovic Kennedy for over 60 years?

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