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death | John Oliver Hobbes | A requiem mass was held for JOH
at the JesuitChurch of the Immaculate Conception in Farm Street, London, with an address given by Hobbes's friend Monsignor William Francis Brown
. She was buried... |
death | Amelia B. Edwards | She was buried in Ellen Braysher
's family plot at Henbury, just north of Westbury-on-Trym, her grave appropriately marked with an Egyptian obelisk. She bequeathed her egyptological library and collection of artefacts to... |
Education | Monica Furlong | From Harrow County Girls' SchoolMF
won a place at University College, London
, but she did not take a degree (something that she later regretted). Higher education for girls was not part of her... |
Education | F. Mabel Robinson | Between these years FMR
, again in company with her sister
, was one of the earliest women students at University College
, London. |
Education | Charlotte Mew | CM
later attended lectures at University College, London
, and read widely in English and French. She particularly admired George Eliot
. Mew, Charlotte. “Introduction”. Collected Poems and Prose, edited by Val Warner, Carcanet and Virago, 1981, p. ix - xxii. ix |
Education | A. Mary F. Robinson | After that she studied in Italy and at University College
, London, where she pursued literary and classical studies for seven years, specializing in Greek literature. She was said to have been the only... |
Education | Betty Miller | Betty Spiro (later BM
) received a diploma in journalism from University College, London
after a two-year course. Miller, Sarah, and Betty Miller. “Introduction”. On the Side of the Angels, Virago, 1985, p. vii - xviii. ix |
Education | Penelope Mortimer | Penelope Fletcher (later PM
) was educated at private schools all over the place, Gordon, Giles. “Obituary: Penelope Mortimer”. Guardian Weekly, 28 Oct. 1999, p. 26. 26 Lord, Graham. John Mortimer, The Devil’s Advocate. The Unauthorised Biography. Orion, 2005. 58 |
Education | Emily Hickey | She continued her education by attending lectures at University College, London
, where she earned her Cambridge Certificate. She became skilled in Anglo-Saxon and later undertook several translations. Dinnis, Enid M. Emily Hickey, Poet, Essayist—Pilgrim. Harding and More, 1927. 22, 24 |
Education | John Oliver Hobbes | She also enrolled in a classics course at University College
, London. While there she studied with W. P. Ker
(an important figure in the development of English literature as an academic subject), and... |
Education | Christine Brooke-Rose | CBR
began work on a PhD in medieval French and English literature at University College
, London. She obtained her degree in 1954. Birch, Sarah. Christine Brooke-Rose and Contemporary Fiction. Clarendon Press, 1994. 228 |
Education | Marie Stopes | From there she gained entrance to the honours programme at University College, London
, reserved mainly for male students. |
Education | Jennifer Dawson | She then won a scholarship to study philosophy at University College
, London, but did not complete this second degree. Whitby, Joy. “In Memory of Jennifer Hinton (Dawson 1949)”. The Ship, Vol. 91 , 2001–2002, pp. 54-5. 54 Guttridge, Peter. “Obituary: Jennifer Dawson”. The Independent, 27 Oct. 2000. |
Education | Storm Jameson | After completing her undergraduate degree at Leeds
she won, the same year, a John Ruteau Fellowship. It was intended for study at University College, London
, but she soon transferred to King's College
. Staley, Thomas F., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 36. Gale Research, 1985. 36: 70 Jameson, Storm. Journey from the North. Harper and Row, 1970. 55,58, 64 |
Education | Dora Russell | After finishing her degree course at Girton College
, Dora Black
(later Russell
) studied French, and eighteenth-century French literature in particular, at University College, London
. She did her work mainly in the British Museum |
Timeline
11 February 1826: The present University College, University...
National or international item
11 February 1826
The present University College
, University of London
, was founded as the University of London.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
63-4, 127
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1619
1 October 1828: The Cambridge campaign to increase the study...
Building item
1 October 1828
The Cambridge
campaign to increase the study of science in universities resulted in the founding of University College, London
, which emphasized science; this was the date of the inaugural lecture.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
99
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
14 August 1829: King's College, University of London, was...
National or international item
14 August 1829
King's College, University of London
, was founded and given a charter; it opened its doors two years later.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
61-80
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1618
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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.
MacLeod, Donald. “All aboard the London-Delhi express”. Guardian Weekly, 28 Mar. 2008, p. 43.
43
2 October 1871: The Slade School of Art was inaugurated as...
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2 October 1871
The Slade School of Art
was inaugurated as part of University College, London; the school was open to male and female students.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
78
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
50, 52
1873: Publication of the two-volume Handbook for...
Building item
1873
Publication of the two-volume Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory, the first English-language manual of its kind, inaugurated a period of increased antivivisectionist activity.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
48
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
42, 47-9
1968: Shrew, also titled Harpies Bizarre, and Bird,...
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1968
Shrew, also titled Harpies Bizarre, and Bird, began monthly publication from the London Women's Liberation WorkshopUniversity College, University of London; it was the first magazine to come out of the women's liberation movement in Britain.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
67
Noyce, John. The Directory of British Alternative Periodicals 1965-1974. Harvester Press, 1979.
275
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