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The Maughan Library (/ m ɔː n /) is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus.A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane in the City of London, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire", [4] and was acquired by the university in 2001.
The University of King's College is a public liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [5] Established in 1789, it is the oldest chartered university in Canada, and the oldest English-speaking university in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom. [6]
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King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. [9] [10] In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. [11]
The Public Record Office [a] (abbreviated as PRO, pronounced as three letters and referred to as the PRO), Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts Commission to form The National Archives, based in Kew.
The Grade I listed King's College London chapel on the Strand Campus seen today was redesigned in 1864 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The original King's College London Chapel was designed by Sir Robert Smirke and was completed in 1831 as part of the King's building. [6]
The department for the Training of Teachers of King's College was established under John William Adamson in October 1890. In 1896 it was split into two sections: the 'Day Training College' for those intending to teach in elementary schools, and the 'Department for Secondary Training'.
King's was founded as the College of Christ the King in 1954, at which time it was an all-male college affiliated with St. Peter's Seminary. [4]A group of local clerics, headed by London Bishop John Christopher Cody, along with Monsignors Roney and Mahoney and Fathers McCarthy, Feeney, and Finn began to meet to discuss plans for a new college in 1954. [7]