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Who named Oxford 'The City Of Dreaming Spires'?

Oxford's 'Dreaming Spires', seen from Christchurch Meadows on a gorgeous winter day in January 2005

Answer..

The poet Matthew Arnold was the person who first called Oxford the 'City of Dreaming Spires' in his poem 'Thyrsis' which was written in December of 1865.

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