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The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading , a University of Oxford extension college. [ 7 ] The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V and was the only university to receive such a ...
London Road Campus of the University of Reading is the original campus of that university. It is on the London Road, immediately to the south of Reading town centre in the English county of Berkshire. The site for the campus was given to the university in 1904 by the Palmer family, owners of Reading's Huntley & Palmers biscuit makers.
The University of Reading purchases Whiteknights Park to develop a new campus. Reading is twinned with Düsseldorf, Germany, which is made official in 1988. [1] Huntley & Palmers produce the cake for the November wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. The River Thames floods 1600 homes.
The University of Reading War Memorial is a clock tower, designed by Herbert Maryon and situated on the London Road Campus of the University of Reading. Initially designed as a First World War memorial and dedicated in June 1924, it was later expanded in scope to also serve as a memorial of later wars .
Wantage Hall, built 1908, is the oldest hall of residence at the University of Reading, in Reading, England. The hall is one of 13 belonging to the University and is close to Whiteknights Campus. It is designated a grade II listed building, a status given for its special architectural or historic interest. [1]
Bulmershe College became the Bulmershe Court Campus of the University of Reading in 1989, housing its Faculty of Education (later Institute of Education) and Community Studies (later School of Health and Social Care). [1] It continued to offer courses in education, community studies, social work, and film, theatre and television studies until ...
The museum itself was founded in 1951, growing out of the university's long academic connections with agriculture. The founding objects of the museum came from the collections of H. J. Massingham and Lavinia Smith. It originally occupied premises on the University of Reading's main Whiteknights Campus, [3] opening to the public in 1955. St ...
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