UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD seal England coat of arms UK crowns button-down shirt XL
This is previously-owned, adult-extra-large (XL), long-sleeved, blue button-down shirt with “Oxford University” embroidered on the front. It measures approximately 26 inches (from underarm seam to underarm seam), about 32 inches from back collar to bottom, and is in good condition, though it shows slight discoloration in a few areas – see picture (William Webb Ellis brand, 100% cotton).
The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The university traces its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century, although the exact date of foundation remains unclear. After a dispute between students and townsfolk broke out in 1209, some of the academics at Oxford fled north-east to the town of Cambridge, where the University of Cambridge was founded. The two universities have since had a long history of competition with each other. In recent years, Oxford is often ranked among the world’s top-five universities. For more than a century it has served as the home of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which brings highly accomplished students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as postgraduates. The school is known for its famous alumni, which includes eight foreign kings, 47 Nobel prize-winners, 3 Oscar winners, 25 British Prime Ministers, 28 foreign presidents and prime ministers, 7 saints, 86 archbishops, 18 cardinals, and 1 pope. Amongst the long list of writers associated with Oxford are Lewis Carroll, Aldous Huxley, Oscar Wilde, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Graham Greene, and poet Percy Bysshe Shelley…
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