Elections in Oxford

The election in 1860 for the position of Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford was a competition between two candidates offering different approaches to Sanskrit scholarship. One was Monier Williams, an Oxford-educated Englishman who had spent 14 years teaching Sanskrit to those preparing to work in British India for the East India Company. The other, Max Müller, was a German-born lecturer at Oxford specialising in comparative philology, the science of language. He had spent many years working on an edition of the Rig Veda (an ancient collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns) and had gained an international reputation for his scholarship. Williams, in contrast, worked on later material and had little time for the "continental" school of Sanskrit scholarship that Müller exemplified. Williams regarded the study of Sanskrit as a means to an end, namely the conversion of India to Christianity. In Müller's opinion, his own work, while it would assist missionaries, was also valuable as an end in itself.

The 1914 Oxford University by-election was held on 30 June 1914. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir William Anson. It was won by the Conservative candidate Rowland Prothero, who was elected unopposed.

The 1938 Oxford by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Oxford, held on 27 October 1938. The by-election was triggered when Robert Croft Bourne, the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament died on 7 August 1938. He had served as MP for the constituency since a 1924 by-election.

The 1868 Oxford by-election was fought on 22 December 1868. The by-election was fought due to the incumbent Liberal, Edward Cardwell, becoming Secretary of State for War. It was retained by Cardwell who was unopposed.

The 1873 Oxford by-election was held on 6 December 1873. The by-election was held due to William Vernon Harcourt, the incumbent Liberal MP, becoming the Solicitor General for England and Wales. It was retained by Harcourt, who was unopposed.