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1903 |
Born Nov. 11 to Walter Field Oakeshott, MD, and Kathleen (Fraser) Oakeshott |
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1924 |
Received diploma in Classical Moderations from Balliol College, Oxford |
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1926 |
Received diploma in
Literae Humaniores (Classics) from Balliol College
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1928 |
Married Nöel Rose |
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1931-1938 |
Assistant Master at Winchester College |
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1934 |
Identified a 15th-century manuscript in Winchester College Library as Malory's
Morte d'Arthur
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1936-1937 |
Released for membership in Pilgrim Trust Unemployment Enquiry |
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1939-1946 |
High Master of St. Paul's School |
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1946-1954 |
Headmaster of Winchester College |
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1949-1976 |
Trustee of the Pilgrim Trust |
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1953-1972 |
Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford |
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1956 |
Rhind Lecturer at Edinburgh University |
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1960-1961 |
Master, Skinners' Company |
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1962-1964 |
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University |
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1964-1966 |
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University |
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1966-1968 |
President, Bibliographical Society |
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1971 |
Fellow, British Academy |
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1972 |
Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College |
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1980 |
Knighted |
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1987 |
Died Oct. 13 |
