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The history of King's College London, on its own, spans over 190 years since it was founded as a 'university college' by royal charter in 1829. [1] However, its formation as a full 'university' would have to wait until 1836 as a part of the University of London .
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]
Embankment terrace, King's College London Portico building, University College London. Early in 1829, the Earl of Winchilsea publicly challenged Wellington about the Duke's simultaneous support for the Anglican King's College and the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829. The result was the Wellington–Winchilsea duel at Battersea Fields on 21 March ...
In the same vein, the medical school of King's College London—Guy's, King's and St Thomas' (GKT) School of Medical Education—incorporates St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, which traces its history back to the first recorded teaching in St Thomas' Hospital in 1561, [174] and is regarded as one of the oldest medical schools. [175]
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]
In 1993, it merged with King's College Hospital School of Nursing at Normanby College and formed the Nightingale Institute. [18] In 1996, the institute was fully integrated into King's College London and was combined with the university's Department of Nursing Studies two years later to form the Florence Nightingale Division of Nursing ...
Echoes of Hellas title page (1887). King's College was established in 1829 under the patronage of George IV. [4] Its royal charter outlined its mission as "the general education of youth in which the various branches of Literature and Science are intended to be taught, and also the doctrines and duties of Christianity [...] inculcated by the United Church of England and Ireland."
The Associateship of King's College (AKC) award was the degree-equivalent qualification of King's College London from 1833. It is the original qualification that King's awarded to its students. [1] In current practice, it is an optional award, unique to King's College London, that students can study in addition to their degree proper.