The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Oxford University
Oxford (Settlement), Oxfordshire (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: Commonly referred to as Oxford University or simply Oxford. There is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the second-oldest surviving university in the world. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford Location contains: All Souls College (Institution)
Ashmolean Museum (Original Building) (Building (non-institution))
Balliol College (Institution)
Bodleian Library (Library and/or Archive)
Brasenose College (Institution)
Chemical laboratory (Room or place in a building)
Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford) (Church)
Christ Church College (Institution)
Christ Church College Library (Library and/or Archive)
Corpus Christi College (Institution)
Divinity School (Oxford) (Institution)
Exeter College (Institution)
Gloucester College (Institution)
Hertford College (Institution)
Jesus College (Institution)
Lincoln College (Institution)
Magdalen College (Oxford) (Institution)
Magdalen College Chapel (Oxford) (Church)
Magdalen College Library (Oxford) (Library and/or Archive)
Manchester College (Institution)
Merton College (Institution)
Mount Parnassus (Oxford University) (Site)
Natural History School (Institution)
New College (Institution)
New College Chapel (Church)
Oriel College (Institution)
Oxford Anatomy School (Institution)
Oxford Physic Garden (Site)
Oxford University Press (Print Shop) (Institution)
Queen's College (Oxford) (Institution)
Radcliffe Science Library (Library and/or Archive)
Schools Quadrangle (Building (non-institution))
Sheldonian Theatre (Building (non-institution))
St Edmund Hall (Institution)
St John's College (Oxford) (Institution)
St. Edmund Hall (Institution)
St. John's College (Institution)
St. John's College Library (Library and/or Archive)
St. John's College Library (Oxford) (Library and/or Archive)
St. Mary Hall (Institution)
St. Mary's Church (Church)
Tower of the Old Schools Quadrangle (Room or place in a building)
Trinity College (Oxford) (Institution)
University College (Institution)
Wadham College (Institution)
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People associated with this location: Allen, Thomas (1540 or 1542-1632) - Workplace or place of business
Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692) - Housed collection or remnant at
Bernard, Edward (1638-1697) - Workplace or place of business
Beverland, Adrian (1650-1716) - Educated at
Bromley, William (1663/1664-1732) - Member of parliament for
Buggs, John (1603-1640) - Educated at
Caswell, John (1654 or 1655-28 Apr 1712) - Workplace or place of business
Cole, Charles (-fl. 1717) - Workplace or place of business
Eliot, John (-fl. 1683) - Educated at
Halton, Timothy (bap. 1633-1704) - Workplace or place of business
Howard, Henry (1628-1684) - Housed collection or remnant at
Hughes, Thomas (-fl. 1692) - Educated at
Millington, Thomas (1628-1704) - Workplace or place of business
Owen, John (1616-1683) - Workplace or place of business
Pepusch, John Christopher (1667-20 Jul 1752) - Educated at
Say, Robert (c.1613-1691 ) - Workplace or place of business
Sheldon, Gilbert (19 Jun 1598-1677) - N/A
Tyson, Edward (20 Jan 1651-1 Aug 1708) - Educated at
Wallis, John (1616-1703) - Workplace or place of business
Ward, Seth (1617-1689) - Workplace or place of business
White, Christopher (1650-1695) - Workplace or place of business
Williams, William (1681-fl. 1719) - Workplace or place of business
Print Sources linked to this location: Housed collection or remnant at - British curiosities in nature and art exhibiting an account of natural and artificial rareties, both ancient and modern, ... And an appendix, concerning the posts, markets, and their fairs.
Subject of discourse or work of art - A history of the University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings.
Subject of discourse or work of art - Geschichte der Deutschen in England von den ersten germanischen ansiedlungen in Britannien bis zum ende des 18. jahrhunderts..
Subject of discourse or work of art - London in 1710, from the Travels of Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach .
Visited - Aus Seb. Faeschs Reisebeschreibung (1669).