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King's Building in the Strand Quadrangle. The Strand Campus is the founding campus of King's College London and is located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, adjacent to Somerset House and continuing its frontage along the River Thames.
King's College, so named to indicate the patronage of King George IV, was founded in 1829 (though the roots of King's medical school, St. Thomas, date back to the 16th century with recorded first teaching in 1561) [3] in response to the theological controversy surrounding the founding of "London University" (which later became University ...
Westminster Kingsway College is a large college for further education in central London with centres in King's Cross in Camden, together with Victoria and Soho centres in Westminster. [1] Founded in 2000 and having origins dating back to 1910, the college is part of Capital City College Group , alongside City and Islington College and The ...
King's College London, founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, is one of the University of London's two founding colleges. Entrance to Imperial College London. Major universities are considered to be those included as universities in at least two of the three national rankings of universities. Key (lower numbers are better):
King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a private public school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was established in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London and had part of the school's premises in Strand , prior to relocating to Wimbledon in 1897.
King's College London in London is the largest and second oldest college in the federal University of London, with 21,500 registered students. King's was so named to indicate the patronage of King George IV .
At Eton College, a King's Scholar (known as a "Colleger" or colloquially as a "tug") is one who has passed the College Election examination and has been awarded a Foundation Scholarship and admitted into a house known as "College", the premises of which are situated within the original ancient purpose-built college buildings.
King's Building Foyer is the old entrance hall of the building. Two marble statues of Sappho and Sophocles are placed in the foyer. They were bequeathed in 1923 by Frida Mond, the wife of Ludwig Mond and a friend of Israel Gollancz, Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College London. [4]