The Oxbridge Pursuivant

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Sunday, July 25, 2021

RENAMING PRINCIPLES | Harvard's Questions

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Old Harvard Law School arms, with Royall badges, wheat sheaves or garbs .  July 26, 2021—The "Rhodes Must Fall" initiative has pr...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

ORIEL COLLEGE | Rhodes Statue to Stay

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Cecil Rhodes statue at Oriel College, Oxford. May 20, 2021—Oriel College will be celebrating its seven-hundredth anniversary in 2026. That m...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

OXONIANS | Top Posts in the Biden Administration

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Three of President Biden’s twenty-four cabinet-level appointees are Oxonians—Gina Raimondo, Pete Buttigieg and Eric Lander. Dr. Gina Raimon...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

COAT OF ARMS | Reuben College, Oxford's 39th

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Reuben College Coat of Arms, Granted 2021   March 3, 2021—The coat of arms for Reuben College at left was drawn by heraldic artist Lee Lumbl...
Monday, February 8, 2021

UNIV | Sean Denniston Speaks at NYC Ox-Cam Virtual Dinner

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Under the title "Oxbridge goes to Washington," University  College ("Univ"), Oxford , posted the following report on th...
Monday, January 18, 2021

DEATH | Ved Mehta, January 9, 2021

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January 19, 2021—In the Sunday New York Times appeared the obituary of Ved Mehta, who died a week earlier. I have posted it at left. Born in...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Peter Millican's Thousand Years of Oxford Plagues

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Peter Millican (1958-), Hertford College, Oxford Peter Millican tolls a thousand years Of Oxford plagues, and even older tears. The sweep of...
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Who Is Oxbridge Pursuivant?

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John Tepper Marlin
I write about the biographical and economic threads in history. Special interests include symbols of family, such as coats of arms, and the behavior of families in a crisis.
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