Encaenia : 24 June 1970 / University of Oxford
1970, First Edition. University of Oxford. The 4-page Order of Proceedings is printed on stiff card and in a very good condition, with some dust-toning evident. The booklets are in a near fine condition with just some slight dust dulling around the edges. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Contents: The order of proceedings, 4p., 27cm. / Oratio Creweiana, 15p., 21cm. / Encaenia address, unpaged., 21cm. Encaenia is the ceremony at which the University of Oxford awards honorary degrees to distinguished men and women and commemorates its benefactors. It is held annually on the Wednesday of ninth week during Trinity Term. Eight honorary degrees were conferred in 1970: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel, Roland Michener, Maurice Bowra (Doctors of Civil Law) -- Arnaldo Dante Momigliano -- Willard Van Orman Quine -- Francis Amelia Yates (Doctors of Letters) -- Frederick Sanger (Doctor of Science). Item #219742
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