"instead many poems published before 1901 as well as poems published up to 1918. The second edition is now available online. Various successors have subtly differentiated titles. See Oxford poetry anthologies. ""To the President and Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College Oxford / a house of learning; ancient, liberal, humane, and my most kindly nurse"" Revision also by Quiller-Couch. Poets included were: The Oxford Book of English Verse The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1900 is an anthology of English poetry, edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch, that had a very substantial influence on popular taste and perception of poetry for at"
"Oxford in England or after its university, but it is more probable that it was named after Samuel Wilberforce, who was the Bishop of Oxford from 1845 to 1870. It was named by the chief surveyor of the Canterbury Association, Joseph Thomas, in 1849. The town of Tirau in the North Island was originally also named Oxford, in a name pairing with Cambridge 30 km to the west. Owing to confusion between the two towns, the North Island town was later renamed Oxford North before adopting its current name in 1895. The town has one school, Oxford Area School. It"
"to work in better-paying factories. Oxford was incorporated in October 1798. The town is named after Oxford, in England. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.78%, is water. The towns bordering Oxford are Monroe, Newtown, Southbury, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour and Shelton. As of the census of 2010, there were 12,683 people, 4,504 households, and 3,672 families residing in the town. Oxford's population increased 29.1% between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing municipality in Connecticut for that period. The population density was"
"tournament champions in basketball. Oxford High School has also produced academic Scholar's Bowl teams that have gone to state, in which it took 2nd place in 2008 and 4th in 2014. Oxford, Kansas Oxford is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,049. Oxford was founded in 1871 at the site of a former trading post. Oxford was incorporated as a city in October 17, 1879. It was named after Oxford University, in England. The founding city officials included: When Oxford was known as Napawalla, a post office had been"
"Oxford, Kansas Oxford is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,049. Oxford was founded in 1871 at the site of a former trading post. Oxford was incorporated as a city in October 17, 1879. It was named after Oxford University, in England. The founding city officials included: When Oxford was known as Napawalla, a post office had been established and Lafe Binkley ""(né"" Marcus Lafayette Binkley; 1842–1917) was postmaster. When Oxford was founded, a new post office was opened and T.E. Clark was appointed postmaster. Oxford is located at"
"overseas have registered for National Insurance Numbers in Oxford in 2005/06 and 2006/07. Oxford's latitude and longitude are or (at Carfax Tower, which is usually considered the centre). Oxford is north-west of Reading, north-east of Swindon, east of Cheltenham and east of Gloucester, south-west of Milton Keynes, south-east of Evesham, south of Rugby and west-north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames (also sometimes known as the Isis locally from the Latinized name ""Thamesis"") run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. Oxford has a maritime temperate climate (Köppen: ""Cfb""). Precipitation is uniformly distributed throughout the year and"
"Oxford, Alabama Oxford is a city in Calhoun and Talladega counties in the State of Alabama. The population was 21,348 at the 2010 census, an increase of 46.3% since the 2000 Census. Oxford is one of two principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated, in 1852. The name ""Oxford"" was due to the presence of a narrow crossing of Chocolocco Creek that allowed farmers to ford cattle from one side of the creek to the other. Since 1970, Oxford has"
"Guard. Oxford, Alabama Oxford is a city in Calhoun and Talladega counties in the State of Alabama. The population was 21,348 at the 2010 census, an increase of 46.3% since the 2000 Census. Oxford is one of two principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated, in 1852. The name ""Oxford"" was due to the presence of a narrow crossing of Chocolocco Creek that allowed farmers to ford cattle from one side of the creek to the other. Since 1970, Oxford"
"Oxford, Nova Scotia Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321. Oxford was founded in 1791 by settler Richard Thompson. The name ""Oxford"" is derived from the shallow river that was used to enter the town. Early settlers used Oxen to cross, or ""ford"", the river, and thus derived the town's name. Oxford is located at the junctions of three rivers, the largest of which is River Philip. Much of the town lies in a floodplain and floods are common during the springtime."
"part of the National Parks-designated Oxford Historic District. Oxford was established as a town by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839 as the birthplace of Oxford College of Emory University and incorporated as a city in 1914. Properties in Oxford listed on the National Register of Historic Places include: Oxford Historic District and the Orna Villa, a mansion, which was built in 1825, which was used as a hospital during the American Civil War. Oxford is located at (33.624210, -83.869885). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. As of the"
"Oxford coat of arms); Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire (the ford where harts cross or ""deer crossing""); Ammanford (a ford on the River Amman); and Stratford (a ford on a Roman road). Similarly, the German word ""Furt"" (as in Frankfurt, the ford of the Franks; Ochsenfurt, synonymous to Oxford; Schweinfurt, a ford where swine crossed the river; and Klagenfurt, literally ""ford of complaints"") and the Dutch ""voorde"" (as in Vilvoorde, Coevorden, Zandvoort, or Amersfoort) are cognates with the same meaning, all deriving from Proto-Indo-European ""*pértus"" 'crossing'. This is the source of Brythonic and Gaulish ""ritus"" (modern Welsh ""rhyd""; the"
"Oxford and an unincorporated gore. The primary founder was the manufacturer Samuel Slater, who came to the area after his celebrated activities in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and founded several textile mills, one of which was taken over by the Cranston Print Works in 1936. He named the town after his friend Daniel Webster. Slater spent his last years in Webster and died and is buried there in Mount Zion Cemetery. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 14.10%, is water. The town is bounded on"
"Oxford, Mississippi Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British university city of Oxford in hopes of having the state university located there, which it did successfully attract. As of the 2010 US Census, the population is 18,916; the Census Bureau estimates the city's 2017 population at 23,639. Oxford is the home of the University of Mississippi, founded in 1848, also commonly known as ""Ole Miss"". Oxford and Lafayette County were formed from lands ceded by the Chickasaw in the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek"
"of dreaming spires"", a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold. Oxford has a broad economic base. Its industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing and a large number of information technology and science-based businesses, some being academic offshoots. Oxford was first settled in Anglo-Saxon times and was initially known as ""Oxenaforda"", meaning ""ford of the oxen"" (according to the English Place-Name Society, who base their result on a passing reference in Florence of Worcester's work ""Chronicon ex chronicis""); fords were more common than bridges at that time. It began with the establishment of a river crossing for oxen around AD 900."
"city to be part of the scientific community and was awarded an honorary degree. Notable scientists who spent brief periods at Oxford include Albert Einstein developer of general theory of relativity and the concept of photons; and Erwin Schrödinger who formulated the Schrödinger equation and the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. Structural engineer Roma Agrawal, responsible for London's iconic Shard, attributes her love of engineering to a summer placement during her undergraduate physics degree at Oxford. Economists Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, E. F. Schumacher, and Amartya Sen all spent time at Oxford. The long list of writers associated with Oxford includes"
"plain or patterned (Brogue). Oxfords first appeared in Scotland and Ireland, where they are occasionally called Balmorals after Balmoral Castle. However, the shoes were later named Oxfords after Oxford University. This shoe style did not appear in North America until the 1800s. In the United States, Oxfords are called ""Bal-type"" as opposed to ""Blucher-type"". In France, Oxfords are known as Richelieu. Oxfords were derived from the Oxonian, a half-boot with side slits that gained popularity at Oxford University in 1800. Unlike early shoes, Oxfords were cut smaller than the foot. The side slit evolved into a side lace that eventually"
"Welsh name of Oxford is ""Rhydychen"" ""ford of oxen""), which underlies such names as Chambord (from Gaulish ""*Camboritum"" ""ford at the bend"") and Niort (""Novioritum"" ""new ford""). Towns such as Maastricht, Dordrecht, and Utrecht also formed at fords. The ending ""tricht, drecht"", or ""trecht"" is derived from the Latin word ""traiectum"", meaning ""crossing"". Thus the name Utrecht, originally the Roman fort of Traiectum, is derived from ""Uut Trecht"", meaning ""downstream crossing"". The Afrikaans form was taken into South African English as ""drift"" and led to place names like Rorke's Drift. Similarly, in Slavic languages, the word brod comes from the"
"Carfax, Oxford Carfax is at the junction of St Aldate's (south), Cornmarket Street (north), Queen Street (west) and the High Street (east) in Oxford, England. It is considered to be the centre of the city, and is at . The name ""Carfax"" derives from the Latin ""quadrifurcus"" ""via"" the French ""carrefour"", both of which mean ""crossroads"". St Martin's Tower, popularly called ""Carfax Tower"", is on the northwest corner of Carfax. It is all that remains of the 12th-century St Martin's Church and is now owned by Oxford City Council. It was the official City Church of Oxford, where the Mayor"
"Oxford, Pennsylvania Oxford is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Oxford is the closest town to Lincoln University. The population was 5,574 at the 2017 census. The borough was once called Oxford Crossing and Oxford Village during the 1700s. Oxford is located near the half-way point on the main road from Philadelphia to Baltimore. The owner of the stage between the two cities purchased Hood's Tavern and renamed it Oxford Hotel. It became the stopping point on the two-day trip between the two cities. In 1805, the Oxford post office was established. In 1833, Oxford was officially incorporated"
"(37.274841, -97.169825). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. It is approximately thirty miles south of Wichita. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oxford has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated ""Cfa"" on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,049 people, 434 households, and 292 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 484 housing units at an average density of . The"
"(Cambridge), and """" (Winchester). In some other cases, Welsh names are translations of the English name, often influenced by the Welsh poetic tradition — for example, """" (literally, ""oxen ford"") for Oxford, and """" (""land of summer"") for Somerset. Some English cities which have developed more recently, but with which Welsh people have had commercial links through trading or other economic associations such as through population migration, have developed Welsh forms of their English names. Examples are """" (Bristol) and """" (Liverpool). A final set of Welsh placenames are those for settlements in England which lie close to the modern"
"Oxford, Ohio Oxford is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state approximately 28 mi (46 km) NW of Cincinnati. It lies in Oxford Township, originally called the College Township. The population was 21,371 at the 2010 census. This college town was founded as a home for Miami University. In 2014, Oxford was rated by ""Forbes"" as the ""Best College Town"" in the United States, based on a high percentage of students per capita and part-time jobs, and a low occurrence of brain-drain. Miami University was chartered in 1809, and Oxford was laid"
"in Marsh Lane (next to Oxford City F.C.) is Oxford's only road running club with an average annual membership exceeding 300. It was the club at which double Olympian Mara Yamauchi started her running career. Oxford is twinned with: Oxford Oxford ( ) is a city in south central England and the county town of Oxfordshire. With an estimated 2016 population of 170,350, it is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom, and one of the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse. The city is from London, from Bristol, from Southampton, from Birmingham and from Reading. The city is"
"immigration from south Asia, and a large student population, have given Oxford a notably cosmopolitan character, especially in the Headington and Cowley Road areas with their many bars, cafes, restaurants, clubs, Asian shops and fast food outlets and the annual Cowley Road Carnival. Oxford is one of the most diverse small cities in Britain: the most recent population estimates for 2005 showed that 27% of the population were from ethnic minority groups, including 16.2% from non-white ethnic minority ethnic groups (ONS). These figures do not take into account more recent international migration into the city; more than 10,000 people from"
"of usage as ""Oxbridge"". Camford was also used as the name of a fictional university city in the Sherlock Holmes story ""The Adventure of the Creeping Man"" (1923). Other portmanteaus have been coined that extend the term ""Oxbridge"", though none has achieved widespread recognition. ""Doxbridge"" is one example of this, referring to Durham, Oxford and Cambridge. ""Doxbridge"" is also used for an annual inter-collegiate sports tournament between some of the colleges of Durham, Oxford, Cambridge and York. Meanwhile, ""Woxbridge"" is seen in the name of the annual Woxbridge conference between the business schools of Warwick, Oxford and Cambridge. The term"
"are in Tiffin. ""The Oxford Project"" is a book capturing the stories of 100 Oxford residents along with photographs of them taken 20 years apart. Photographer Peter Feldstein (himself an Oxford resident) took photographs of all but 3 of his neighbors during 1984. In 2005 & 2006 he returned with writer Stephen G. Bloom to take updated photos and interview as many of those original residents as possible. Oxford, Iowa Oxford is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 807 at the 2010 census. Oxford"
"as a part of the Trans Canada Trail system. This section of the trail extends 127-km (78-mi) from Oxford to Pictou. It winds through farms, fields and forests for all season recreational use. Oxford, Nova Scotia Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321. Oxford was founded in 1791 by settler Richard Thompson. The name ""Oxford"" is derived from the shallow river that was used to enter the town. Early settlers used Oxen to cross, or ""ford"", the river, and thus derived the"
"Oxford, New York Oxford is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The town contains a village also named Oxford. Oxford is an interior town in the south-central part of the county, southwest of the city of Norwich. At the 2010 census the town population was 3,901. The name derives from that of the native town of an early landowner from New England The town is within the former realm of the Oneida and Tuscarora people. A tract of land in the town was purchased by Benjamin Hovey, from Oxford, Massachusetts. The first settlers in Oxford arrived in"
"mouth, where it empties into the Choptank. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. This includes Town Creek, which nearly splits the town in two from north to south and provides a protected harbor for boaters and Oxford's local shipbuilders. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oxford has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated ""Cfa"" on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 651 people,"
"such as Trevor Noah and Wayne Brady. In January 2018, the website Livability.com ranked Oxford #74 on its list of Top 100 Best Places to Live. According to the website, ""Oxford features a fun, college-town atmosphere with multiple shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues."" The description of Oxford also includes praise for the ""several miles of hiking trails"" and ""affordable housing options throughout the city."" Formerly known as the Summer Music Concert Series, the Uptown Music Concerts is a four-month long event thrown by the town's visitor center, Enjoy Oxford. Every Thursday night from June through September, concert-goers are treated to"
"Oxford, Indiana Oxford is a town in Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. The population was 1,162 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oxford was Benton County's first town. Commissioners appointed by the Indiana General Assembly selected the location in May 1843 to be the site of the county seat on land donated by Henry W. Ellsworth and David Atkinson. It was first called Milroy in honor of Samuel Milroy, one of the commissioners, but a town in Rush County already bore that name. In October 1843 the commissioners changed it to"
"popular. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of the most famous and prestigious higher education institutions of the world, averaging nine applications to every available place, and attracting 40% of its academic staff and 17% of undergraduates from overseas. It is currently ranked as the world's number one university, according to The Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Oxford is renowned for its tutorial-based method of teaching, with students attending an average of one one-hour tutorial a week. As well as being a major draw for tourists (9.1 million in 2008, similar"
"Oxford (village), New York Oxford is a village in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Oxford, Massachusetts, the hometown of the landowner. The village of Oxford is in the northern part of the town of Oxford, southwest of the city of Norwich. The village was founded by its first settlers in 1791, including the landowner Benjamin Hovey (1758–1811) who was later a business partner of Aaron Burr and his cousin Theodore Burr. The former Chenango Canal passed through the village, connecting the community to Utica and Binghamton."