Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/20
Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:
- ... that Christopher Tin (pictured) is the first Fulbright scholar for film scoring?
- ... that the world's largest mathematical experiment, designed by Brian Butterworth, found women to be faster than men at subitizing?
- ... that Englishman James McFarlane was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav for his eight-volume work Oxford Ibsen?
- ... that British plant physiologist Daphne Osborne showed that the gas ethylene is a natural plant hormone which regulates ageing and the shedding of leaves and fruits?
- ... that millionaire's daughter Rose Dugdale joined an IRA active service unit and took part in the first helicopter bombing raid on the British Isles in 1974?