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Textual Features Emma Jane Worboise
Arnold represented a fascinating subject for a biographer interested in the shades of religious faith and their interaction with secular politics. Worboise relates his experiences as a member of the Senate of the new London University
Friends, Associates Virginia Woolf
The group's name, derived from the area of London in which several of its members lived (the area that includes the University of London ) flags a key feature: it met in personal spaces and...
Residence Mary Wollstonecraft
MW moved from a house at 45 George Street, just south of Blackfriars Bridge, to Store Street (house number unknown) near the present London University buildings.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Penguin.
131
Education H. G. Wells
Having initially left school at thirteen, HGW later attended the Normal School which later became the Royal College of Science. His most important teacher and inspiration was Thomas Huxley . He failed his final exams...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Augusta Webster
Many of her essays dealt with women's issues and many were topical. University Degrees for Women (2 June 1877) and University Examinations for Women (2 and 9 February 1878) responded respectively to Parliament 's refusal...
Occupation Mary Augusta Ward
In the wake of Robert Elsmere's success, MAW sought to prove the feasibility of the New Brotherhood which she had described in her novel through the foundation of a similar philanthropic organisation. As she...
Education Michelene Wandor
Later again she studied music at Trinity College of Music and the University of London .
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Stone
Cumberland as place of residence would accord with her having married Thomas Stone , as he became a Divinity Lecturer at St Bee's Theological College in Cumberland in 1834. In 1838, he moved to London...
Textual Production Mary Shelley
MS had thought about biographical writing in 1830, and suggested by letter to John Murray on 9 August that she should write something (biographical, historical, or literary) for his Family Library.
Clemit, Patricia. “Mary Shelley and William Godwin: a literary-political partnership, 1823-1836”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, pp. 285-95.
290-1
Before long...
Family and Intimate relationships E. Arnot Robertson
The couple met while out sailing. They had one child, a son. The papers of the Commonwealth Press Union are held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies within London University 's School of Advanced Study
Education Michèle Roberts
After her BA degree, she studied librarianship at the University of London , for a two-year postgraduate qualification: a year of practical work, a year of lectures, then exams.
British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com.
Michèle Roberts. http://www.micheleroberts.co.uk/index.htm.
Roberts, Michèle. Paper Houses. Virago.
19,62-3, 76
Textual Production Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Most of ATR 's unpublished manuscripts and letters are held by the University of London and Eton College libraries.
Bloom, Abigail Burnham, editor. Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers. Greenwood Press.
333
Residence Henry Handel Richardson
Ethel Robertson (who later wrote as HHR ) moved from Strasbourg to London when her husband was appointed professor of German at London University .
Ackland, Michael. Henry Handel Richardson: A Life. Cambridge University Press.
154, 160, 162
Literary Setting Edna O'Brien
In this novel, Kate Brady (again the narrator) works in a dismal grocery shop in Dublin and has an affair with Eugene Gaillard, a documentary filmmaker and married man. After being dragged back to her...
Education Susan Miles
Having enrolled as a mature student, SM gained her first-class honours BA in philosophy from London University .
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

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27 October 1785: The London Hospital Medical College, established...

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27 October 1785

The London Hospital Medical College , established this year, opened its operating theatre.

1805: The East India Company established a training...

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1805

The East India Company established a training college for civil servants.

11 February 1826: The present University College, University...

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11 February 1826

The present University College , University of London , was founded as the University of London.

30 April 1829: John Lindley gave his inaugural lecture as...

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30 April 1829

John Lindley gave his inaugural lecture as the first professor of botany at the newly established London University .

1836: The University of London was founded, in...

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1836

The University of London was founded, in effect extending university education substantially in the provinces and colonies.

1842: The School of Pharmacy, now part of the University...

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1842

1849: Bedford College, initially known as the Ladies'...

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1849

Bedford College , initially known as the Ladies' College in Bedford Square, or Mrs Reid's Ladies College , was founded.

9 April 1858: Queen Victoria signed the royal charter giving...

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9 April 1858

Queen Victoria signed the royal charter giving London University (then comprised of two schools, University College and King's College ) the revolutionary power of offering courses and degrees externally.

April 1862: The Senate of the University of London voted...

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April 1862

The Senate of the University of London voted against allowing women into their medical degree programme.

October 1865: Elizabeth Garrett obtained an apothecary's...

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October 1865

Elizabeth Garrett obtained an apothecary's licence through the Society of Apothecaries : this began her medical career, after her rejection by the Universities of London , Edinburgh , St Andrews , Oxford , and Cambridge .

1867: London University opened its degree examinations...

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1867

London University opened its degree examinations to all (male) candidates, including those at a distance and without university affiliation.

1868: James Africanus Beale Horton published at...

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1868

James Africanus Beale Horton published at LondonWest African Countries and Peoples, British and Native, and A Vindication of the African Race, analysing the conditions required to establish self-government for his people.

1868: London University established a special examination...

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1868

London University established a special examination for women over eighteen.

July 1874: The Senate of the University of London announced...

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July 1874

The Senate of the University of London announced that it would allow women into the classroom but would not grant them degrees.

March 1877: The Senate of the University of London decided...

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March 1877

The Senate of the University of London decided to admit a female student to their Medical Faculty; this decision was suspended a month later.

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