Walter Fraser Oakeshott

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1903 – 1987

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Who was Walter Fraser Oakeshott?

Sir Walter Fraser Oakeshott FBA was a schoolmaster and academic, who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He is best known for discovering the Winchester Manuscript of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur in 1934.

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Born
Nov 11, 1903
South Africa
Education
  • Balliol College
Died
Oct 13, 1987
Eynsham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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