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Occupation Mary Augusta Ward
In the wake of Robert Elsmere's success, MAW sought to prove the feasibility of the New Brotherhood which she had described in her novel through the foundation of a similar philanthropic organisation. As she...
Occupation Ling Shuhua
From 1956 to 1960, LS taught Chinese literature at Nanyang University , and lived in both Singapore and London. She wrote and travelled, taking trips to Japan and Hong Kong.
Welland, Sasha Su-Ling. A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters. Rowman & Littlefield.
309
She spent...
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...
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...
politics Emily Davies
ED 's friend Elizabeth Garrett determined to become a doctor after hearing Dr Elizabeth Blackwell lecture. When Garrett found her studies at Middlesex Hospital impeded by the medical profession's prejudice against women, ED helped her...
politics Mary Carpenter
MC 's biographer wrote: Her peculiar sense of womanliness rendered her at first unfavourable to the claim for Women's Suffrage. But contact with John Stuart Mill , and observing the power of legislation to effect...
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...
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.
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...
Residence Sarah Austin
They lived in London between 1828 and 1834, while he lectured at the University of London .
Hamburger, Lotte, and Joseph Hamburger. Troubled Lives: John and Sarah Austin. University of Toronto Press.
34
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
Residence Mary Wollstonecraft
MW moved from a house at 45 George Street, just south of Blackfriars Bridge, to Store Street (house number unknown) near the present London University buildings.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Penguin.
131
Residence Henry Handel Richardson
Ethel Robertson (who later wrote as HHR ) moved from Strasbourg to London when her husband was appointed professor of German at London University .
Ackland, Michael. Henry Handel Richardson: A Life. Cambridge University Press.
154, 160, 162
Textual Features Emma Jane Worboise
Arnold represented a fascinating subject for a biographer interested in the shades of religious faith and their interaction with secular politics. Worboise relates his experiences as a member of the Senate of the new London University
Textual Features Hilary Mantel
At her selective convent school school Carmel McBain is thrown closely together with Karina (child of East European immigrant parents), because they are the only two children at the school from poor homes beyond its...

Timeline

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 .

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 .

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 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 .

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.

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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