University Tests Act: Oxford and Cambridge Open to Non-Anglicans
Parliament passed the University Tests Act, opening Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham to students of any faith or none by abolishing the religious oaths that had excluded Catholics, Jews, and nonconformists for centuries. The law cracked open Britain's most elite institutions to meritocratic admission, accelerating the secularization of higher education across the English-speaking world.
June 16, 1871
155 years ago
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