Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/18

Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:

... that Harry Peckham (pictured), along with Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, wrote the first draft of cricket's leg before wicket rule?
... that Arthur Lee Dixon was the last holder of a mathematical Chair at the university to have a life tenure?
... that MP Sir Anthony Kershaw returned leaked documents about the sinking of the General Belgrano, resulting in the prosecution of Clive Ponting?
... that Adam Raphael was named Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards of 1973 for a Guardian series on labour conditions in South Africa?
... that English barrister Joseph Keble went to the Court of King's Bench every day from 1661 to 1710, but was never known to have a brief for a client?

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