Portal:University of Oxford/Did you know/21

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

... that after Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Dietrich von Bothmer convinced his employers to buy the Euphronios Krater (pictured) for $1 million, the Italian government claimed the krater had been looted?
... that Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport from 1959 to 1965, published a book Tramping round London?
... that when Richard Fort won a seat in the 1950 general election, he became the third person with the same name to represent Clitheroe in the British House of Commons?
... that Sir Richard Garth was a barrister, MP, Privy Counsellor and Chief Justice of Bengal as well as Lord of the Manor of Morden?
... that the law professor Boudewijn Sirks has written on papyrology, food distribution in ancient Rome, and Sailing in the Off-Season with Reduced Financial Risk?

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