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Radcliffe Camera

Radcliffe Camera
Radcliffe Camera from ground level in Radcliffe Square
Building information
NameRadcliffe Camera
Former namesPhysic Library
Alternate namesRad Cam or Radders (colloquial)
TypeAcademic library
Architectural styleEnglish Palladian style
LocationRadcliffe Square, Oxford
OwnerUniversity of Oxford
Started17 May 1737
Completed1748
Inaugurated13 April 1749
Floor count2
ArchitectJames Gibbs

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The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially, "Rad Cam"; "Radder" in 1930s slang) is a building in Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style and built in 1737 � 1749 to house the Radcliffe Science Library.


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