Group From 1863

First Japanese students

Countries: Japan

In 1863 five noblemen of the Choshu clan left Japan to study at UCL. No one from Japan had previously studied outside their own country and they had to keep their departure hidden from the government. They studied Chemistry with Professor Alexander Williamson and also lived at his home. In 1865 a group of nineteen noblemen of the Satsuma clan did the same. The students returned home and became key in the development of modern Japan. Issuu contains details.

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First Japanese students

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Japanese students at UCL

The monument is made of fine-grained gabbro, polished to a black, mirror-like...

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University College London (UCL)

The first English university established since Oxford and Cambridge and the first not to discriminate on race, class or religion, and the first to accept women on equal terms. Jeremy Bentham was no...

Group, Education

8 memorials

Arinori Mori

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial

C. A. Morris

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Person, Education

1 memorial

Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action

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Group, Education, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials

Sir George Cockburn

The Thoresby Society (the Historical Society for Leeds and District) have a book available: "Sir George Cockburn, 1848 - 1927" by A Elton. Other than that we can find no information about Sir George.

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1 memorial

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Robert Gordon McHarg III

Opened the Subway Gallery in 2006.

Person, Art, Museums / Libraries, Canada

1 memorial

Sir Leonard Hutton

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Person, Sport / Games

3 memorials