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Education Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer received her MA (a degree which was then London's equivalent to the PhD) from London University as a member of Queen Mary College .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
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...
Education Pat Barker
PB graduated with a BSc in international history from the London School of Economics (the LSE), which is part of London University .
Perry, Donna. “Going Home Again: An Interview with Pat Barker”. The Literary Review, pp. 235-44.
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Education Jane Loudon
After she was married she set out to educate herself in her husband's area of expertise: botany. She attended lectures given by John Lindley , first professor of botany at London University , and took...
Education Theodora Benson
Later TB attended the School of Oriental Languages at London University (whose title changed in 1938 to School of Oriental and African Studies) in order to learn Malay for her planned trip to Asia.
Employer A. S. Byatt
The same year that she began with Westminster Tutors she also began lecturing, extramurally, at London University. She continued in this job until 1971.
Employer T. S. Eliot
To earn a living for himself and his wife, Eliot became a schoolteacher, a prolific reviewer, an extension lecturer for London University , and the literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Family and Intimate relationships Kate Clanchy
KC 's father, Michael Clanchy , is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the Institute for Historical Research , which is a part of the University of London .
“Fellowships”. Institute of Historical Research. University of London, School of Advanced Study.
His published works include a biography...
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
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...
Family and Intimate relationships Emily Davies
Before ED 's birth, her father was offered a Chair of moral and political economy at London University after having published two well-received books. He turned down the offer because the £300 salary was not...
Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Austin
He was an expert in jurisprudence, who gave up practising law in 1825 to pursue interests in politics and legal philosophy. In 1826 he was selected to be Professor of Jurisprudence and the Law of...
Family and Intimate relationships Lucie Duff Gordon
John Austin , Lucie's father, legal philosopher, was the son of a successful miller and corn merchant.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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A pupil of Jeremy Bentham , he held a number of positions relating to jurisprudence throughout his...
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...
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...

Timeline

25 June 1877: The Senate of the University of London voted...

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25 June 1877

The Senate of the University of London voted to allow women into the university; this time it adhered to the policy.

By 17 January 1878: London University ratified its decision to...

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By 17 January 1878

London University ratified its decision to open its regular degrees to women. It was the first institution in Britain where women could take a degree.

28 March 1878: The University of London changed its charter...

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28 March 1878

The University of London changed its charter to admit women as full members and confer degrees on them; it was the first university in England to do so.

1882: Edith Shove graduated from the University...

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1882

Edith Shove graduated from the University of London, becoming the first female doctor educated in Britain.

1883: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became dean of...

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1883

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became dean of the London School of Medicine for Women , a position she held for a decade.

1893: The Exeter Technical and University Extension...

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1902: Westfield College, a residential college...

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1902

Westfield College , a residential college of higher education for women, was admitted to the status of a School of London University .

1904: Francis Galton founded a research fellowship...

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1904

Francis Galton founded a research fellowship at the University of London that later became the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics .

23 February 1917: The School of Oriental Studies opened as...

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23 February 1917

The School of Oriental Studies opened as a separate school of the University of London .

1918: The University College of Leicester was founded;...

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1918

The University College of Leicester was founded; it became the University of Leicester in 1957.

1927: The University College of Hull was founded;...

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1927

The University College of Hull was founded; it became the University of Hull in 1954.

1931: The Courtauld Institute of Art, the first...

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1931

The Courtauld Institute of Art , the first institute for the study of art history, was established at the University of London through an endowment by Samuel Courtauld .

By 1937: There were seventy-nine overseas centres...

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By 1937

There were seventy-nine overseas centres (mostly but not all in British territories) for sitting externally the exams for London University degrees.

1946: Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum was taken...

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1946

Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum was taken into special relation with the University of London .

1947: The University College of the West Indies...

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1947

The University College of the West Indies was taken into special relation with the University of London .

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