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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...
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/.
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.
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.
Education Buchi Emecheta
BE received her B.Sc. (with honours) in Sociology from the University of London .
Emecheta, Buchi. Head Above Water. Heinemann.
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Umeh, Marie, editor. Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta. Africa World Press.
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Education Phyllis Bentley
Bentley was the first person in her family to receive such an extensive and expensive education: none of her brothers went beyond the secondary school level, and it was understood that Cheltenham was preparation for...
Education Buchi Emecheta
BE earned her MA degree in philosophy from the University of London , and immediately enrolled to begin work toward her doctorate.
Umeh, Marie, editor. Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta. Africa World Press.
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Emecheta, Buchi. Head Above Water. Heinemann.
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Education Jessie White Mario
She arrived in London determined to study medicine so that she could serve as a field nurse during Garibaldi 's campaigns. She was refused entry to fourteen London hospitals. On 10 July 1856, a representative...
Education Robert Browning
Like Alexander Pope , Browning was an autodidact, educating himself in his father's vast library. In 1828 he began reading Greek at London University but dropped out in his second term.
Thomas, Donald. Robert Browning: A Life Within Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Education U. A. Fanthorpe
UAF received her Diploma of Education from London University , the year following her Honours BA in English from St Anne's College, Oxford .
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.

Timeline

1948: The University College, Ibadan, Nigeria,...

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1948

The University College , Ibadan, Nigeria, was taken into special relation with the University of London .

1948: The University of London appointed Professor...

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1948

The University of London appointed Professor Lilian Penson vice-chancellor, the first time a woman held this position at a British university.

1948: The University College of the Gold Coast...

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1948

The University College of the Gold Coast (later Ghana) in Legon near Accra was taken into special relation with the University of London .

1949: The University of London founded the Athlone...

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1949

The University of London founded the Athlone Press , named after its then current chancellor.

1949: Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda,...

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1949

Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda, was taken into special relation with the University of London .

1955: The University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland...

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1955

The University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was founded at Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe).

1961: The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was...

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1961

The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was taken into special relation with the University of London until 1963.

1961: The Royal Technical College of East Africa...

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1961

The Royal Technical College of East Africa in Nairobi was taken into special relation with the University of London .

December 1965: Actress Peggy Ashcroft toured Norway with...

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December 1965

Actress Peggy Ashcroft toured Norway with a show of her own devising, Words on Women and Some Women's Words, originally written for performance at London University .

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