Sport[edit]
Some 50 Olympic medal-winners have academic connections with the university, including Sir Matthew Pinsent, quadruple gold-medallist rower.[20][166] Other sporting connections include Imran Khan.[20]
Oxford in literature and other media[edit]
Main article: University of Oxford in popular culture
Oxford University is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford". As of 1989, 533 Oxford-based novels had been identified, and the number continues to rise.[167] Famous literary works range from Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, to the trilogy His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, which features an alternate-reality version of the University.
See alsoUniversity of California, Berkeley
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University of California, Berkeley
University of California Berkeley seal.svg
Seal of U.C. Berkeley
Motto Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English Let there be light
Established March 23, 1868
Type Flagship
Public
Endowment $3.03 billion[1]
Chancellor Nicholas Dirks
Students 35,899 (Fall 2012)
Undergraduates 25,574 (Fall 2012)[2]
Postgraduates 10,125 (Fall 2012)[2]
Location Berkeley, California, United States
Campus
Urban
Total 1,232 acres (499 ha) Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha)[3]
Total land owned 6,679 acres (2,703 ha)[4]
Nobel Laureates 72[5]
Colors Yale Blue
California Gold
Athletics 27 Varsity Teams
NCAA Division I
California Golden Bears
Nickname Golden Bears
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