Oxford Almanack

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The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 through 2019.[1][2]

The Oxford University Press originally held a monopoly on publishing almanacs. The almanacs traditionally included engravings and information about Oxford University, including the Heads of Colleges and a university calendar. No almanack appeared in 1675, but it had been published annually since 1676.[1]

Engravers and artists have included James Basire, Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper.

List of almanacks since 1992[edit]

Petter's The Oxford Almanacks lists the scenes depicted and their illustrators up to 1973, and the list is continued to 1991 in Bradshaw's article in Oxoniensia (see Further Reading for both references).

Year Illustration Artist
1992 Sir Geoffrey Arthur Building, Pembroke College
1993 St Hilda's College Hugh Casson
1994 Oxford University Press
1995 St John's College Ilana Richardson
1996 Tom Tower and the Radcliffe Camera Jonathan Pike
1997 Covered Market Michele Tranquillini
1998 North Oxford Matthew Cook
1999 University College Ron Sandford
2000 University Church Sarah McMenemy
2001 Oxford in summer David Mach
2002 High Street David Prentice
2003 Folly Bridge Oliver Warman
2004 Harris Manchester College Philip Atkins
2005 Linacre College Ben Pritchard
2006 Saïd Business School Chris Andrews
2007 St Edmund Hall Joseph Winkelman
2008 Magdalen College Michael Chaplin
2009 Radcliffe Observatory John Walsom
2010 Wadham College Francis Hammel
2011 Oxford Canal & St Barnabas Church John Newberry
2012 Botanic Garden John Lawrence
2013 Balliol College Ivan Green
2014 Exeter College Tim Steward
2015 St Cross College Robin Wilson
2016 St Catherine's College Cathy Read
2017 Corpus Christi College Ceri Allen
2018 Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Chris Fothergill
2019 Oxford University Press William Monk

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Oxford Almanacks". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 298–299. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ^ @OxUniPress (2 January 2020). "Hi, unfortunately there isn't an Oxford Almanack for 2020. The University of Oxford and OUP have agreed to stop producing the Almanack from 2020 onwards due to dwindling interest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

Further reading[edit]