Theobald Of Étampes

thumb|Theobald's arrival at Oxford, opposed by a pair of monks from Abingdon.A postcard by C. Bowley from 1907, treating Theobald's arrival as the beginning of the university. The date in the top right corner, however, is wrong. Theobald of Étampes (; ; born before 1080, died after 1120) was a medieval schoolmaster and theologian hostile to priestly celibacy. He is the first scholar known to have lectured at Oxford and is considered a forerunner of Oxford University.