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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.
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Employer A. S. Byatt
ASB was a lecturer at University College , London.
Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge.
Occupation Arthur Hugh Clough
He was appointed to the Chair of English Language and Literature at University College, London (which operated no such religious discrimination as Oxford), and later worked as an examiner for the Education Office in London.
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press.
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
, pp. 54-5.
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Guttridge, Peter. “Obituary: Jennifer Dawson”. The Independent.
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...
Occupation Alison Fell
In 1986 AF was a writing fellow at the New South Wales Institute of Technology in Sydney, . In 1998 she held the Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia , in the School...
Family and Intimate relationships Julia Frankau
JF 's brother James was born in 1853.
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He took a law degree at University College, London , but after practising as a solicitor for some years he too became a writer. He edited several...
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 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.
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Reception John Oliver Hobbes
The bronze portrait memorial to JOH was unveiled at University College, London , by Lord Curzon in the presence of herparents , assorted peers and dignitaries, and writers including Thomas Hardy and Anthony Hope
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...
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...
Material Conditions of Writing John Oliver Hobbes
She wrote it during 1891 and 1892, while she was a student at University College, London , and dedicated it to Alfred Goodwin , her academic mentor, who had died in the February of 1892...
Reception John Oliver Hobbes
After her death, through the efforts of Jennie Churchill , Blanche Eliot , and Zoë Procter , a £500 John Oliver Hobbes scholarship in English Literature was donated to University College, London , along with...
Employer A. E. Housman
AEH , who had been working as a clerk at the Patent Office and pursuing his scholarly interests in his own time at the British Museum , was offered a Chair in Latin at University College, London .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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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.

1 October 1828: The Cambridge campaign to increase the study...

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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.

14 August 1829: King's College, University of London, was...

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14 August 1829

King's College, University of London , was founded and given a charter; it opened its doors two years later.

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.

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.

1873: Publication of the two-volume Handbook for...

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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.

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.

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