Radcliffe Camera
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.
The round building is Radcliffe Camera, a library and reading-room, and the building behind is All Souls College, Oxford.
Radcliffe Camera ('camera' meaning room, not something to takes photos with), built 1737-1748) is named after John Radcliffe, who donated money for this thing to be build, and house a scientific library Radcliffe Science Library (that is still the leading scientific library in Oxford), but it moved to a new local in 1861 - at which point the Camera was turned into a reading-room for the Bodleian library, which is close by.
Radcliffe Camera
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.
The round building is Radcliffe Camera, a library and reading-room, and the building behind is All Souls College, Oxford.
Radcliffe Camera ('camera' meaning room, not something to takes photos with), built 1737-1748) is named after John Radcliffe, who donated money for this thing to be build, and house a scientific library Radcliffe Science Library (that is still the leading scientific library in Oxford), but it moved to a new local in 1861 - at which point the Camera was turned into a reading-room for the Bodleian library, which is close by.