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The '''University of Oxford''' was the alma mater of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].
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[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien's bust at Exeter.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Tolkien's bust at Exeter College]]
The '''University of Oxford''' is the oldest university in the United Kingdom. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] studied and taught there.
 
==Tolkien and Oxford==
===Student===
Tolkien (22) was an undergraduate when the [[Great War]] broke out
([[August]] [[1914]]) but he wanted to complete his studies. He
joined the Officers Training Corps at Oxford. He had his degree in [[June]] [[1915]] and applied for a commission.<ref name=rc>{{HM|RC}}</ref>{{rp|p. lxxviii}}
 
That time Tolkien was awarded "First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature".
===Teacher===
Tolkien was a busy professor in the Oxford English School, serving on many committees. He served in the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of [[Anglo-Saxon]] and was a Fellow of Pembroke College.
 
During the WW2, many of his colleagues were unavailable and he was loaded with more responsibilities, including organizing special courses for Navy and Air Force cadets.
 
In [[1945]], after the death of [[Wikipedia:Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld|Henry Wyld]], he was elected Professor of the Merton chair of English Language and Literature, and developed new series of lectures. Later he became a Fellow of Merton College.<ref name=rc>{{HM|RC}}</ref>{{rp|pp. lxxiii-lxxiv}}
 
==Colleges==
The University of Oxford is comprised of 36 colleges, which are autonomous and self-governing corporations within the University.
:''See also: {{WP|Colleges of the University of Oxford}}''
 
===Christ Church College===
* [[Oxonmoot 2008]]
===Corpus Christi College===
* [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]]
===Exeter College===
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
** [[Chequers Clubbe]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1997]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1998]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1999]]
 
===Keble College===
* [[Robert Havard]]
* [[Humphrey Carpenter]]
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]
 
===Lady Margaret Hall===
* [[Vera Chapman]]
* [[Oxonmoot 2007]]
===Magdalen College===
* [[C.S. Lewis]]
* [[Adam Fox]]
* [[Simon Horobin]]
===Merton College===
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
* [[Charles Leslie Wrenn]]
===New College===
* [[Christopher Tolkien]]
===Pembroke College===
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
===Queen's College===
* [[Robert Havard]]
===Somerville College===
* [[Oxonmoot 2006]]
===St. Antony College===
* [[Oxonmoot 2000]]
* [[Oxonmoot 2001]]
* [[Oxonmoot 2002]]
===[[Wikipedia:St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]]===
* [[A.F. Colborn]]
===St. Hilda's College===
* [[Dorothy Whitelock]]
* [[Oxonmoot 2004]]
===St. Hugh's College===
* [[Oxonmoot 2003]]
===St. John's College===
* [[Tom Shippey]]
===St. Peter's College===
* [[Oxonmoot 2005]]
===Trinity College===
* [[Simon Tolkien]]
===University College===
* [[Oxonmoot 1991]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1993]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1994]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1995]]
* [[Oxonmoot 1996]]
 
==Bodleian Library==
*The [[Bodleian Library]]
 
==External links==
* '''[http://www.ox.ac.uk/ Official website]'''
* {{WP|University of Oxford}}
* [http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/tolkien-oxford Tolkien at Oxford] - Podcasts that explore the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien's works and Oxford University
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Tolkien's bust at Exeter College

The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the United Kingdom. J.R.R. Tolkien studied and taught there.

Tolkien and Oxford

Student

Tolkien (22) was an undergraduate when the Great War broke out (August 1914) but he wanted to complete his studies. He joined the Officers Training Corps at Oxford. He had his degree in June 1915 and applied for a commission.[1]:p. lxxviii

That time Tolkien was awarded "First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature".

Teacher

Tolkien was a busy professor in the Oxford English School, serving on many committees. He served in the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon and was a Fellow of Pembroke College.

During the WW2, many of his colleagues were unavailable and he was loaded with more responsibilities, including organizing special courses for Navy and Air Force cadets.

In 1945, after the death of Henry Wyld, he was elected Professor of the Merton chair of English Language and Literature, and developed new series of lectures. Later he became a Fellow of Merton College.[1]:pp. lxxiii-lxxiv

Colleges

The University of Oxford is comprised of 36 colleges, which are autonomous and self-governing corporations within the University.

See also: Colleges of the University of Oxford at Wikipedia

Christ Church College

Corpus Christi College

Exeter College

Keble College

Lady Margaret Hall

Magdalen College

Merton College

New College

Pembroke College

Queen's College

Somerville College

St. Antony College

St Edmund Hall

St. Hilda's College

St. Hugh's College

St. John's College

St. Peter's College

Trinity College

University College

Bodleian Library

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
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