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Alex Wenham
Alex Wenham is an English stone carver. He specialises in architectural stone carving, letter cutting, restoration work, and statues. Wenham graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2000. Initially, he worked in London and Paris, before moving to Oxford in 2015. His projects have included work for the Houses of Parliament and St Paul's Cathedral in London, Chartres Cathedral and the Louvre in France, and Balliol College, Magdalen College, and the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, Randolph Hotel in Oxford. He has demonstrated stone carving during Heritage Open Days and Oxford Open Doors at the Oxford Castle & Prison. He has given lectures on his work as an architectural stone carver, working on buildings from the 11th century onwards. He also creates outdoor stone sculptures. In 2017, he volunteered to produce a sculpture to celebrate the Oxford-based detective novelist Colin Dexter. Wenham has received awards including top honours at the European Stone Festival five times (in 2013, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library. Under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom, and under Irish law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or "the Bod", it operates principally as a reference library and, in general, documents may not be removed from the reading rooms. In 2000, a number of libraries within the University of Oxford were brought together for administrative purposes under the aegis of what was initially known as Oxford University Library Services (OULS), and since 2010 as the Bodleian Libraries, of which the Bodleian Library is the largest component. All coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
