The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 to 2019.

The Oxford University Press originally held a monopoly on publishing almanacs. The almanacs traditionally included engravings and information about Oxford University, including the Heads of Colleges and a university calendar. No almanack appeared in 1675, but it had been published annually since 1676.

Engravers and artists have included James Basire, Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper.

List of almanacks since 1992 Petter's The Oxford Almanacks lists the scenes depicted and their illustrators up to 1973, and the list is continued to 1991 in Bradshaw's article in Oxoniensia (see Further Reading for both references).

Year Illustration Artist1992Sir Geoffrey Arthur Building, Pembroke College1993St Hilda's CollegeHugh Casson1994Oxford University Press1995St John's CollegeIlana Richardson1996Tom Tower and the Radcliffe CameraJonathan Pike1997Covered MarketMichele Tranquillini1998North OxfordMatthew Cook1999University CollegeRon Sandford2000University ChurchSarah McMenemy2001Oxford in summerDavid Mach2002High StreetDavid Prentice2003Folly BridgeOliver Warman2004Harris Manchester CollegePhilip Atkins2005Linacre CollegeBen Pritchard2006Saïd Business SchoolChris Andrews2007St Edmund HallJoseph Winkelman2008Magdalen CollegeMichael Chaplin2009Radcliffe ObservatoryJohn Walsom2010Wadham CollegeFrancis Hammel2011Oxford Canal & St Barnabas ChurchJohn Newberry2012Botanic GardenJohn Lawrence2013Balliol CollegeIvan Green2014Exeter CollegeTim Steward2015St Cross CollegeRobin Wilson2016St Catherine's CollegeCathy Read2017Corpus Christi CollegeCeri Allen2018Oxford Centre for Islamic StudiesChris Fothergill2019Oxford University PressWilliam Monk

References

Further reading Helen Mary Petter, The Oxford Almanacks (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974) J.R. Bradshaw, 'A Classification by Subject of the Oxford Almanacks 1674-1991', Oxoniensia 56 (1991), pages 131–144 Paul Luna & Martyn Ould, 'The Printed Page', chapter 17 in Ian Gadd (editor), The History of Oxford University Press. Volume I: Beginnings to 1780 (Oxford University Press, 2013), pages 520-527 (online with subscription)