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Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College (pronounced /ˈbeɪlɪəl/), founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by Scottish academics.
Traditionally, the undergraduates are amongst the most politically active in the university, and the college's alumni include three...
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Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is a British biological theorist with a background in ethology. He is a popular science author focusing on evolution.
Dawkins is one of Britain's best-known academics. He came to prominence...
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Grey was the eldest of the seven children of Colonel George Henry Grey and Harriet Jane Pearson,...
Henry William Carless Davis
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Davis was born at Ebley, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the...
Francis Turner Palgrave
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George Carman
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William Temple
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Between his first book, the novel Prelude, published in...
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He was educated at...
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