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''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford'' is a biographical reference work by Joseph Foster (1844–1905), published by
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, listing the
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. Foster's work was compiled principally from the colleges'
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registers and the university archives, but it also relies on numerous printed and other sources.


Publications

*''Alumni Oxonienses (1500–1714)'' (two volumes, 1891–92)
online version at british-history.ac.uk
* ''Alumni Oxonienses (1715–1886) (two volumes, 1891–92)'': ** Surnames beginning A-D online version ** Surnames beginning E-K online version ** Surnames beginning L-R online version ** Surnames beginning S-Z online version *''Oxford Men and their Colleges'' (1880–1892) (two volumes, 1893)
online version


See also

* '' Alumni Cantabrigienses'' 1891 non-fiction books 1892 non-fiction books 1893 non-fiction books *Alumni Oxonienses British biographical dictionaries Oxford University Press books Terminology of the University of Oxford {{UOxford-stub