List Of University Of Oxford People In Academic Disciplines
This is a list of people from the University of Oxford in academic disciplines. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the University, and others held fellowships at a college.
This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford; for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.
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