<div><p>Ruth Padel became the first ever woman Professor of Poetry at Oxford University after beating an Indian poet in an election Saturday which ended an often bitter contest.</p><p>Padel, a distant relative of Charles Darwin, was elected with ...

<div id="subtitle">Ruth Padel becomes Oxford University's first female professor of poetry</div><div><p>Ruth Padel, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, became Oxford University's first female professor of poetry on Saturday.</p><p>She ...

<div id="subtitle">Walcott withdraws from race for Oxford University poetry post after anonymous letter campaign</div><div><p>Nobel literature laureate Derek Walcott has withdrawn from the contest for a prestigious position at Oxford University after anonymous letters criticizing him were ...

<div id="subtitle">Biographical information on David Souter</div><div><p>NAME — David Hackett Souter.</p><p>AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 69; Sept. 17, 1939; Melrose, Mass.</p><p>EDUCATION — Harvard College, Oxford University and Harvard ...