Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
University College's main building in the late 1820s, with its classical portico and dome. University College London (UCL) was founded on 11 February 1826, [1] under the name London University, as a secular alternative to the strictly religious universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It was founded with the intention from the beginning of it ...
In 1830, London University founded the London University School, which would later become University College School. In 1833, the university appointed Alexander Maconochie, secretary to the Royal Geographical Society, as the first professor of geography in Britain.
1880 to 1909. Established on the model of the University of London; the successor to the Queen's University of Ireland, comprising the three Queen's Colleges, as well as Magee College, University College Dublin, Catholic University Medical School, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth and Blackrock College. Dissolved in 1909, replaced by the National ...
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree-awarding examination board for students holding certificates from University College London, King's College London and "other such institutions ...
Oriel College: 1324 Robert de Eglesfield, chaplain of Queen Philippa: Queen's College: 1341 William of Wykeham: New College: 1379 Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln: Lincoln College: 1427 Henry Chichele: All Souls College: 1438 William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester: Magdalen College: 1458 Richard Sutton and William Smyth: Brasenose College: 1509
King's College, so named to indicate the patronage of King George IV, was founded in 1829 (though the roots of King's medical school, St. Thomas, date back to the 16th century with recorded first teaching in 1561) in response to the theological controversy surrounding the founding of "London University" (which later became University College ...
Imperial College London ( Imperial) is a public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a cultural area including the Royal Albert Hall, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum and in addition to several royal colleges.
Connecticut College ( Conn) is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut. Originally chartered as Thames College, it was founded in 1911 as the state's only women's college, a response to Wesleyan University having closed its doors to female students in 1909. The college became coeducational in 1969, adopting its current name.