29 Mar 1613: Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library, buried in a lavish ceremony at Merton College #Oxford having left £666 13s 4d for the obsequies (Bodl)
28 Mar 1555: Sir Thomas Pope issues his foundation arrangements for Trinity College #Oxford#otd A president, 12 fellows and 12 scholars. He put much emphasis on plate & chapel vestments. (Trinity College Oxford)
He told Thomas More on 5 July 1535 of his execution next day.
27 Mar 1648: Henry Hammond, an important interregnum formulator of the Anglican position, refuses to acknowledge authority of parliamentary visitors to #Oxford#otd - & is deprived of his canonry & oratorship (MCO)
26 Mar 1628: David Lloyd of Llanidloes #Montgomeryshire obtains DCL at #Oxford this future Dean of St. Asaph in 1660. A #poet too, he is best known for this bestselling work. Beat this shaggy-dog title... (eebo)
Der Thementeil, hg. v. Hanno Balz, widmet sich der Macht der #Farben in rassistischen & vergeschlechtlichten Diskursen. Die Autor*innen untersuchen, wie #Farben materiell & symbolisch wahrgenommen & genutzt wurden, um Bedeutung zu generieren, soziale Beziehungen zu prägen oder Differenz zu markieren:
Dominic Janes (Keele) untersucht am Beispiel von #Studenten in #Oxford & #Cambridge um 1900, wie #Farbe mit ethn. & sexuellen #Minderheiten assoziiert wurde. Er zeigt, das queere Studenten, als "farbenfrohe" Schöngeister, mit nicht-weißen Männern in Verbindung gebracht, andere indes Stereotypen zugeordnet wurden, u.a. "beherzter" Sportler o. kulturbeflissener "Ästhet":
23 Mar 1621: Carew Ralegh, third son of Walter Ralegh, matriculates #otd at the recently founded Wadham College [1610] #Oxford (Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia)
I've shared this before but anyway, I used park my van on a quiet village street quite legally, and start and finish the day with a nice 15-20km ride into my office in #Oxford alongside the river. I returned one evening to find not one but two notes stuffed under the windscreen wipers … #cycling#activeTravel
Did you know that in 1755, after the #Dodo went extinct, the director of the Ashmolean #Museum in #Oxford decided that the stuffed Dodo they had was too musty & promptly burned it?
This was the very last preserved Dodo.
An appalled employee tried to save the bird, but could only rescue the head & a foot.
Consequently, we actually don't know much about the bird. Such as its diet or breeding habits.
(It's unclear if the story's true. But the lack of remains is.)
“Appalling clinical injuries, mostly upon children and women. Terrible burns, traumatic wounds, and no real room to deal with these tragic cases.”
Dr Nick Maynard, a volunteer consultant surgeon in Gaza, recalled a young girl with burns so bad on her face bone could be seen. “She clearly had no chance of survival and was going to die, but we had no pain relief to give her. She died in agony on the floor of the emergency department.”
@appassionato@palestine Dr Nick Maynard has been a repeated volunteer consultant surgeon in #Palestine numerous times over the last decade. When he's not volunteering in Palestine, he's a Professor in #Oxford.
"Professor Maynard has been Consultant Upper GI surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 1997. He has been the Director for Cancer Services for Oxford University Hospitals from 2017 to 2022, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Oxford University."
He's president of a multinational organisation of gastrointestinal surgeons, a lead researcher, and recipient of various honours recognising decades of medical excellence.
Since returning from #Gaza in January, he has repeatedly spoken publicly of the appalling horrors he witnessed.
Love will always find a way — in a test tube, at least. Chemists at the University of Oxford have made a surprise discovery that forbidden particles can attract each other. In a study, negatively charged silica particles in water-based solutions didn’t push apart as they would in an ideal, empty space. In fact, they came together. Science Alert has more. https://flip.it/s3JSah #Science#Oxford#Physics
9 Mar 1593: William Herbert, future 3rd Earl of Pembroke, courtier & patron of the arts matriculates at New College #Oxford#otd Here he is with Charles I, Henrietta Maria, Jeffery Hudson & Philip Herbert (GAC)