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... Oxford , district ( city ) , county of Oxfordshire , England , best known for the University of Oxford , which is located within it . Situated between the Upper River Thames ( known in Oxford as the Isis ) and the Cher- well , just ...
... Oxford , district ( city ) , county of Oxfordshire , England , best known for the University of Oxford , which is located within it . Situated between the Upper River Thames ( known in Oxford as the Isis ) and the Cher- well , just ...
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... Oxford , John de Vere , 13th Earl of ( b . Sept. 8 , 1442 - d . March 10 , 1513 ) , English soldier and royal official , a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses . He helped to restore the deposed King Henry VI ( 1470 ) and later ...
... Oxford , John de Vere , 13th Earl of ( b . Sept. 8 , 1442 - d . March 10 , 1513 ) , English soldier and royal official , a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses . He helped to restore the deposed King Henry VI ( 1470 ) and later ...
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... Oxford , University of , English autonomous institution of higher learning at Oxford , Ox- fordshire , Eng . , one of the world's greatest uni- versities . It lies along the Upper River Thames ( called by Oxonians the Isis ) , 50 miles ...
... Oxford , University of , English autonomous institution of higher learning at Oxford , Ox- fordshire , Eng . , one of the world's greatest uni- versities . It lies along the Upper River Thames ( called by Oxonians the Isis ) , 50 miles ...
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