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University of Oxford, the oldest in the English-speaking world, takes shape

By Peter Schulte / January 13, 0001 / Archive of Human Genius

The University of Oxford has no founding date — teaching is documented there as early as 1096, and the institution slowly took shape over the following centuries. Its growth accelerated after 1167, when Henry II recalled English students from Paris and scholars flooded into the small crossroads town. Oxford became a university by accumulation, not decree.