University of London

Connections

Connections Author name Sort descending Excerpt
Reception Florence Dixie
In 2001 Héloïse Jeanne-Marie Coffey produced a London University PhD thesis entitled Female Emancipation and British Imperialism in the Writings of Lady Florence Dixie.
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.
14
A pupil of Jeremy Bentham , he held a number of positions relating to jurisprudence throughout his...
Residence Lucie Duff Gordon
In Bonn, LDG 's father studied Roman Law under Niebuhr and Schlegel in preparation for his upcoming appointment as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of London .
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
35
Ross, Janet, and Lucie Duff Gordon. “Memoir”. Letters from Egypt, Virago, pp. 1-17.
1-2
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/.
Education Buchi Emecheta
BE received her B.Sc. (with honours) in Sociology from the University of London .
Emecheta, Buchi. Head Above Water. Heinemann.
-3, 96-9
Umeh, Marie, editor. Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta. Africa World Press.
457
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.
458
Emecheta, Buchi. Head Above Water. Heinemann.
222
Reception Buchi Emecheta
She served as a Member of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1982 to 1983, and in 1986 was made a Fellow of the University of London (where she had been a lecturer since...
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.
Textual Production Anne Hart Gilbert
The letter, probably addressed to the Rev. Richard Pattison (to whom her sister had already written on a parallel subject), is now at the School of Oriental and African Studies , London University .
Ferguson, Moira, editor. The Hart Sisters: Early African Caribbean Writers, Evangelicals, and Radicals. University of Nebraska Press.
57n
Publishing Charlotte Godley
This first version was printed at Plymouth for private circulation only, at the urging of A. P. Newton , a professor in imperial history at the University of London , who contributed an introduction. The...
Education Beatrice Harraden
BH was educated at Dresden in Germany, then at Cheltenham Ladies' College (a secondary school), Queen's College , and Bedford College . She graduated from London University with a BA in Arts, having studied...
Occupation Jane Ellen Harrison
First inspired by Erwin Rohde 's book on Greek understandings of the afterlife, published in 1890, JEH now began to turn her research interests to pre-Olympian spiritual practices and expressions, particularly (but not exclusively) those...
Occupation Henry Peter, Baron Brougham
In 1826 HPBB founded the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and at about the same date played an instrumental role towards the founding of London University . He authored several critical and historical...
Education Kathleen E. Innes
Kathleen Royds (later Innes) graduated from the University of London with a BA (Second Class Honours) in Modern Languages (English and German).
Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta.
25
Education Kathleen E. Innes
About 1910-11, she spent four terms studying under author and naturalist William Henry Hudson in a University Extension programme taught at Gresham College . She graduated from this course first in her class and was...

Timeline

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

Building item

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...

Building item

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...

Building item

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...

National or international item

1882

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

1883: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became dean of...

Building item

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...

Building item

1902: Westfield College, a residential college...

Building item

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...

Building item

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...

Building item

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;...

Building item

1918

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

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

Building item

1927

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

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

Building item

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...

Building item

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...

National or international item

1946

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

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

National or international item

1947

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

Texts

No bibliographical results available.