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University College London (UCL)

Categories: Education

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 not its founder but was its spiritual father.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
University College London (UCL)

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Brown Dog statue

See our page for the original statue for a description of the Brown Dog affai...

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Brown Dog statue - original - lost

The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in g...

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Sarah Parker Remond

Sarah Parker Remond, 1826 - 1894, African American abolitionist, lecturer, su...

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Zachary Macaulay - WC1

Zachary Macaulay FRS, 1768 - 1838, anti-slavery activist, statistician, one o...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
University College London (UCL)

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Bentham in Queen Anne's Gate

Jeremy Bentham, philosopher and reformer, 1748 - 1832, lived in a house on th...

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Gregory Foster

By resolution of the University College Committee of the Sixth of June 1933 t...

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UCL quad - creation

This quadrangle of University College London, of which the first stone was la...

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UCL - WW1

This inscription is placed here to perpetuate the memory of the members of th...

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Edinburgh College of Art

Edinburgh College of Art

It was originally founded in 1760 and acquired its present name in 1907. Notable alumni include the architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Basil Spence and the playwright John Arden. (D.A. Edin stands fo...

Group, Art, Education, Scotland

1 memorial
Arinori Mori

Arinori Mori

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
King's College, London

King's College, London

Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings with University College London formed the foundation of the University of London. Kings has five campuses: Strand; Guy'...

Group, Education

5 memorials

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William Strahan

William Strahan

The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh.  Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.

Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Religion, Scotland

1 memorial
Bridge of Aspiration

Bridge of Aspiration

A high level link between the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet School. Designed by Flint & Neill and Buro Happold with Wilkinson Eyre.

Building, Architecture, Transport

1 memorial