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From: Trevor Ogden <>
Subject: Re: Cambridge University - actually OXFORD
Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 19:31:37 +0100


At 16:30 06/05/00 +1200, Stephen Warnes wrote:
<snip>
>I noted the words "Its pretty shameful that you have to go to Oxford to get
>info about Cambridge!" Where can I go to get info about Oxford, I'd like
>to know ;-) . I tried a variation of the Cambridge url that Stephanie
>gave, but I couldn't get access to any Oxford alumni :-(
>
>I'm trying to find out more about John HUDSON (1662-1719), educated at
>Queens College, Oxford; at one time Principal of St Mary's Hall and Keeper
>of the Bodleian Library. <snip>

I gather that Alumni Oxoniensis is not available on line (be reasonable!),
but that the University Archivist will usually look up entries and supply
other readily-available info. Brief enquiries are preferred. The e-mail
address is

Most colleges, maybe all, have archivists. Oriel College used to provide the
principals for St Mary Hall, so you could try the archivist of Oriel, who is
Elizabeth Boardman:

Trevor

Trevor Ogden
Abingdon, Oxfordshire


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