List Of University Of Oxford People In British Public Life
This is a list of University of Oxford people in British public life. 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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“Lovers, forget your love,
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She a window flower,
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—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
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