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Edward Bradley (Castle) – novelist and clergyman known by the pen name Cuthbert M. Bede; author of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Bill Bryson – writer and former University Chancellor. Barbara Cleverly – author of mystery novels. William Farquhar Conton – Sierra Leonean author best known for The African.
Bill Bryson. William McGuire Bryson OBE HonFRS (/ ˈbraɪsən / BRYE-sən; born 8 December 1951) is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life ...
1936 – 1937 Robert Bolam (President of the College of Medicine) 1937 – 1938 James Duff (Warden of the Durham Colleges 1937 – 1960) 1939 – 1940 Eustace Percy (Rector of King's College 1937 – 1951) 1941 – 1942 James Duff. 1943 – 1944 Eustace Percy. 1945 – 1946 James Duff. 1947 – 1948 Eustace Percy.
The history of Durham University spans over 190 years since it was founded by Act of Parliament. King William IV granted royal assent to the Act on 4 July 1832, and granted the university a royal charter on 1 June 1837, incorporating it and confirming its constitution. [1] The university awarded its first degrees on 8 June 1837.
Durham University. Durham University (legally the University of Durham) [6] is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge, and is thus ...
Known for. Gentlemen of Leisure. Newsjack. The Bugle. The Mash Report. Website. nishkumar.co.uk. Nishant Kumar (born 1985) [2] is a British stand-up comedian, television presenter, and podcast host. He became known as the host of satirical comedy The Mash Report, now known as Late Night Mash.
The Durham Union Society (DUS), commonly referred to as the Durham Union, is a debating society, founded in 1842, by the students of the University of Durham, which then comprised only Hatfield Hall and University College. Commonly referred to as the Union, or the DUS, it is the University's largest society, with over 3,000 members in residence ...
Durham University has 17 colleges, of which University College is the oldest, founded in 1832. The newest college is South, founded in 2020. The last single-sex college, St Mary's, became mixed in 2005 with the admittance of male undergraduates. One college, Ustinov, admits only postgraduates.