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Sage Chapel. Sage Chapel is the non-denominational chapel on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York State which serves as the burial ground for many contributors to Cornell's history, including the founders of the university: Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White as well as their wives.
The move was overseen by the Belgian architect Dr. Hugo van Kyuck, and the African American architect Charles Thaddeus Russell supervised the reconstruction of the building on the Virginia Union grounds. [12] [13] The same group of Belgian contractors who erected the building in New York went to Virginia to execute the task there. [13]
Clockwise from left: Behemoth (on earth), Ziz (in sky), and Leviathan (under sea). From an illuminated manuscript, 13th century AD. Behemoth (/ b ɪ ˈ h iː m ə θ, ˈ b iː ə-/; Hebrew: בְּהֵמוֹת, bəhēmōṯ) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster ...
York University was established in 1959 as a non-denominational institution by the York University Act, [5] which received Royal Assent in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 26 March of that year. [6] Its first class was held in September 1960 in Falconer Hall on the University of Toronto campus with a total of 76 students. [7]
This is a list of alumni of the University of York, listed in alphabetical order by surname.The University of York, founded in 1963, has among its alumni many who have become notable, including at least twenty Members of the United Kingdom Parliament, five members of the House of Lords, two Members of the Scottish Parliament, one Member of the European Parliament and several ministers of non ...
Central Hall (colloquially known as "The Spaceship" for the similar appearance to a UFO) [1] is a building of the University of York, England, designed by John Speight in the brutalist style. It was constructed in 1966–1968.
The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III. In time, it also represented Edward III's senior line, when an heir of York married the heiress-descendant of Lionel, Duke of Clarence , Edward III's second surviving son.
English: A vector drawing of the University of York coat of arms copied from those seen around the campus and on images shown online. The mantling of the helmet should not be symmetrical; nonetheless, it is still faithful to the blazon, which is: