Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/19
Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:
- ... that economist Barbara Ward (pictured), an early advocate of sustainable development, was the first woman ever to address a synod of Roman Catholic bishops?
- ... that Sir Albert Napier was described as the "midwife to civil legal aid"?
- ... that academic Anastasios Christodoulou was named 'Anastasios' ('Resurrection') by his parents as he was born on Easter Day?
- ... that cricket writer Gerald Howat won the Cricket Society's Golden Jubilee award for his biography of Learie Constantine?
- ... that William Wroth founded the first independent chapel in Wales in 1639, after he refused to obey King Charles' instruction to allow sports to be played on Sundays?