Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/4

Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:

... that Harrison Oxley was the youngest cathedral organist in Britain when he became organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral (pictured) at age 24?
... that the Rev. George W. Bridges libelled anti-slavery activists Escoffery and Lecesne when he said they wanted to "sheath their daggers in the breasts of their white inhabitants"?
... that Ian Harvey, a Conservative junior minister in the United Kingdom, resigned his seat in 1958 after a sex scandal?
... that English musician and poet Robert Wydow is the earliest known recipient of a Bachelor of Music degree from the university?
... that, after being defrocked as a Church of England priest, Harold Davidson became a seaside entertainer and was killed in 1937 by a lion when he trod on its tail?

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