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Articles from Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives about the university and people associated with it:
- ... that British surgeon Theodore Dyke Acland was the son-in-law of Jack the Ripper suspect Sir William Gull (pictured)?
- ... that at the 1895 United Kingdom General Election, Tankerville Chamberlayne's election as a Member of Parliament was declared void because of electoral fraud?
- ... that Arthur William Hodge was the only white person in the history of the British West Indies to be executed for killing a black slave?
- ... that Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard and his seven siblings all had first names beginning with the letter "M"?
- ... that it took over 50 years to complete the foundation of Jesus College, as one Principal lost the draft statutes and the next one kept the replacement copy in his study for several years?