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Royal Holloway College, originally a women-only college, was founded by the Victorian entrepreneur Thomas Holloway in 1879 on the Mount Lee Estate in Egham. [7] The founding of the college was brought about after Holloway, seeking to fulfil a philanthropic gesture, [8] began a public debate through The Builder [8] regarding "How best to spend a quarter of a million or more", at which point his ...
The merged institution took Royal Holloway College's premises in Egham, Surrey, just outside London, as its main campus and took on the name of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RHBNC). The decision to drop the Bedford name from day-to-day use caused some discontent among graduates of Bedford College, who felt that their old college had ...
William Gilbert Chaloner, Fellow of the Royal Society; Justin Champion, professor of the history of early modern ideas; Alexey Chervonenkis, professor of computer science; Christopher Cocksworth, college chaplain, now Bishop of Coventry; Paul Cohn, Fellow of the Royal Society; Grenville Cole, Fellow of the Royal Society
The Founder's Building is the original building of Royal Holloway College, University of London (RHUL), in Egham, Surrey, England. It is an example of French-Renaissance-style architecture in the United Kingdom, having been modelled on French chateaus such as Château de Chambord. [1] Today it is the dominant building on the campus.
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Jane Holloway née Driver (1 November 1814 – 26 September 1875) was the inspiration for founding a women's college at Royal Holloway. Following her death, both Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway were founded in her memory by her husband, Thomas Holloway .
Caroline Mary Barron OBE (née Hogarth; born 1940) [1] is a British retired medieval historian.She is professor emerita in the department of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. [2]
The following is a list of principals of Royal Holloway, University of London, including its predecessor institutions, Royal Holloway College and Bedford College, London. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] List of principals