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    The Sheldonian Theatre, in the centre of Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford....
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    the Theatre of Marcellus" in his design for the Sheldonian Theatre, although its design is "not... an obvious derivative of the semicircular Theatre of...
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    Broad Street, Oxford, England, next to the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre and near the centre of the city. It was built between 1711 and 1715...
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    the Sheldonian Theatre, mounted with the University coat of arms. View of the north face of the Divinity School, Oxford, facing the Sheldonian Theatre. Divinity...
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    The Headington Shark Oxford University Press Oxford Botanic Garden Sheldonian Theatre St. Mary the Virgin Church Radcliffe Camera Radcliffe Observatory...
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    displayed in a 'Garden of Antiquities' surrounding the Sheldonian Theatre. 1669 – 9 July: Sheldonian Theatre, designed by Christopher Wren in 1664 for university...
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    from 16 to 30 October 2009, culminating in a concert at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre, accompanied by the Oxford Millennium Orchestra. They were the first...
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  • Preceding the ceremony is a procession of some of the participants to the Sheldonian Theatre, inside which the main event takes place. Those who take part in the...
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  • Gate - Harvard commencement sequences shot in New College Lane, the Sheldonian Theatre and at Mansfield College in 1980. Another Country (1984) Oxford Blues...
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    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Marios Papadopoulos (conductor) (The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, UK) 6 June 2016: Maxim Vengerov, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra...
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    [ISBN missing] Geraghty, Anthony (2002). "Wren's Preliminary Design for the Sheldonian Theatre". Architectural History. 45: 275–288. doi:10.2307/1568785. ISSN 0066-622X...
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    School, which pre-dates it by just over two hundred years, and the Sheldonian Theatre, to its immediate north. The entire westward section was originally...
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    Students arriving for a matriculation ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford...
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    Hertford Bridge, looking towards Catte Street, with the Sheldonian Theatre in the background...
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  • the Vatican City, designed by Bernini, is completed. 1669 July 9 – Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, England, designed by Christopher Wren for University ceremonial...
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    Camera (one of several institutions named after John Radcliffe) The Sheldonian Theatre The Oxford University Press The floodplains for Oxford's two rivers...
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  • Sheldon (1598–1677), Archbishop of Canterbury and builder of the Sheldonian Theatre Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), American journalist, author, editor...
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  • college itself, the work was finished and eventually performed in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, in November 2001. The interlude is an elegy to Linda McCartney...
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    development. Iconic university buildings include the Radcliffe Camera, the Sheldonian Theatre used for music concerts, lectures, and university ceremonies, and...
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    playing in the Room A string quartet playing chamber music in the Room Sheldonian Theatre Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building Bodleian Library Oxford Chamber Music...
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    causa, by the University of Oxford at the Encænia ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre. In 2012, during a break from writing The Book of Dust, Pullman was...
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    Church, who commissioned Christopher Wren to erect what became the Sheldonian Theatre. Thereafter, the church was reserved for religious worship only. During...
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    time during the Michaelmas term. The conferrals took place at the Sheldonian Theatre on 14 October, 26 October, 29 October, 30 October and 13 November...
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    international visitors. Among many notable University buildings are the Sheldonian Theatre, built 1664–68 to the design of Sir Christopher Wren, and the Radcliffe...
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  • his English-language oratorio Athalia at the University of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. First opera staged at the Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù,...
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  • Lecture is a prestigious free public lecture given annually at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, England. The lecture series was founded by, and named after...
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    original Ashmolean Museum building), the Clarendon Building, the Sheldonian Theatre and the Weston Library (renamed in 2015, part of the Bodleian Library...
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    Sanders Theatre, substantially completed in 1875 and first used for Harvard's 1876 commencement, was inspired by Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theatre. Renowned...
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  • Publishers. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-4616-3916-9. Savonarola, Newdigate Prize Poem, Recited in the Sheldonian Theatre Oxford, 30 June 1886, by R. L. Gales....
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    Oxford. He is best known for carving the Emperors' Heads outside the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. Michael Black was born in Portsmouth in 1928. His father...
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