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Talks and events are arranged each year based on the holdings of the Archives and of the Library aided by support from the Friends of Glasgow University Library. [1] Admission to the Archives is free and everyone, members of the university, visiting researchers and members of the public can use the collections. 13 Thurso Street searchroom
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu [7]) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.Founded by papal bull in 1451 [O.S. 1450], [8] it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.
Under this act new arts subjects were established, with chairs in Modern History, French, German and Political Economy. [40] The new buildings of the University of Glasgow at Gilmorehill, c. 1895. The University of St Andrews was at a low point in its fortunes in the early part of the century.
Lynn Abrams FBA is a historian and Professor of History at the University of Glasgow, and a Fellow of the British Academy (2018 [1]). She is Chair in Modern History at the University of Glasgow, where her research and teaching interests include the history of women and gender relations in Britain, and oral history. [2]
The University of Dundee gained independent university status by royal charter in 1967, having previously been a college of the University of St Andrews. While not governed by the Universities (Scotland) Acts, the institution's Royal Charter provided for it to adopt the characteristics of ancient university governance such as the academic ...
The Hunterian Collection is one of the best-known collections of the University of Glasgow and is cared for by the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery and Glasgow University Library. It contains 650 manuscripts and some 10,000 printed books, [ 1 ] 30,000 coins and 15,000 anatomical and natural history specimens.
The first university college in Scotland was founded at St John's College, St Andrews in 1418 by Henry Wardlaw, bishop of St Andrews. St Salvator's College was added to St Andrews in 1450. The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 and King's College, Aberdeen in 1495.
As part of the university's Quincentenrary celebrations, he wrote a short history, The University of Glasgow, 1451-1951, published in 1954. He was dean of faculties, an honorary post within the university, from 1940 to 1945. He remained in post until his retirement in 1957, when he was appointed Historiographer Royal.