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     • The library was built in the 1970s to the designs of the Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, and was officially opened in July 1976.
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   When was Wadham library built?

   • Designed by Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, Wadham Library was built in the 1970s and officially opened in July 1976. Architecturally renowned, the building boasts brushed concrete walls and pillars and a series of half levels creating interesting sight lines across the reading rooms.

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   What is Wadham known for?

   • Wadham’s architectural heritage spans a variety of building styles from the classical Oxford Gothic of the original buildings to the contemporary lines of the new Undergraduate Centre. Statues of the founders, Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham seen through the College entrance The Holywell Music room - Europe's first purpose built music room.

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   Who designed Wadham's first concert hall?

   • Another Wadham architect, Christopher Wren, may have given the clock in 1671. The Holywell Music Room, with access from Holywell Street, is said to be the oldest, purpose built music room in Europe, and hence England's first concert hall. It was designed by Thomas Camplin, former Vice- Principal of St Edmund Hall, and opened in July 1748.

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   What's in Wadham's Graduate Centre?

   • Wadham’s Graduate Centre includes the Edwin Mok Reading Room and a library area with desk space set over two floors. Journals and specific named collections of monographs, such as some of Michael Foot's collection of books on modern political history, are stored in these areas.

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   Did Gardiner get into Wadham College?

   • Gardiner, Registers of Wadham College (quoted for all information as to numbers and dates of admission up to 1871). 30. This rests on his own statement, quoted in Wells, op. cit., p. 57 note; there is no mention of his admission in the college records.

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   How much did William Arnold earn at Wadham?

   • At Wadham he was William Arnold or Arnoll, who heads the weekly wages list from May 1610 to June 1612 with £1 (latterly 10 s.) a week. For six months after his departure Edmond Arnold similarly received 10 s. weekly.

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3. www.wadham.ox.ac.uk › about › libraryAbout Wadham Library

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   Designed by Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, Wadham Library was built in the 1970s and officially opened in July 1976. Architecturally renowned, the building features brushed concrete walls and pillars and a series of half levels creating interesting sight lines across the reading rooms.

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4. library.wadham.ox.ac.uk › guide › history1Wadham Library Guide

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   History of the Library. The library was built in the 1970s to the designs of the Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, and was officially opened in July 1976.

5. library.wadham.ox.ac.uk › guide › profileWadham Library Guide - University of Oxford

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   The library was built in 1974-6 to a design by the Glasgow firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. It was opened on 12th July 1976 by Princess Ashraf Pahlavi. The library is named after the tenth-century Persian poet ?, or Hakim Abu'l-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi, transliterated as Ferdowsi.

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   Designed by Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, Wadham Library, a glass and concrete building with lead roof, was built in the 1970s and officially opened in July 1976. Situated to the rear of the College site, the Bowra Building, designed by MacCormac, Jamieson & Pritchard, opened in 1992.

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   Please email library@wadham.ox.ac.uk, or contact the library by phone on 01865 277914 to make an appointment. Wadham Library is open to College members 24 hours a day throughout the year.

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   Jul 20, 2024 · Considerable refacing has been done in the late 19th and early 20th century, the pinnacles of the hall and library restored and the roofs of the chapel and hall strengthened. The building is of great interest as a complete and little altered structure of early 17th-century date.

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   Oct 16, 2024 · It contains some of the most valuable books in the library, including a 'breeches' Bible (1562), all the four folios of Shakespeare, and a first edition of Paradise Lost. The Library has the only perfect copy of the Latin translation of the spurious letters of Phalaris (Oxford, 1485), and an imperfect Caxton (Boethius) (c. 1479). Other ...