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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Oxford University Press
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Description area
Dates of existence
1478-
History
The Oxford University Press predominantly published academic books from the sixteenth to nineteenth century, before moving into commercial publishing under the directorship of Charles Cannan and Humphrey Milfrod. Its music department was established in 1923 under Hubert J. Foss.