Short answers, pulled from the story.
Oxford University Press began printing books around 1480, with the year 1478 marking the first book printed in Oxford. The press received its official legal right to print through a decree issued on the 2nd of May 1536.
The Delegates of the Press govern Oxford University Press as a group of fifteen academics appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. By 1884, the Delegates bought back the last shares in the business, making the press wholly owned by the university.
In 1879, Bartholomew Price took on the publication that became the Oxford English Dictionary, which began appearing in print in 1884. The first edition was not completed until 1928, thirteen years after James Murray's death, costing around £375,000.
Oxford University Press closed Oxuniprint on the 27th of August 2021, marking the final chapter of its centuries-long history of printing. This decision concluded the operational phase of its own printing division after maintaining it for hundreds of years.
Henry Frowde set up the press's first office outside Britain in New York City in 1896. Today, the North American branch in New York City serves primarily as a distribution branch to facilitate the sale of Oxford Bibles in the United States.