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The University of Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park . The university's predecessor, University College, Leicester , gained university status in 1957.
Thomas Fielding Johnson (24 December 1828 – 18 March 1921) was a prominent Victorian businessman and philanthropist in Leicester, England.Among his many acts of public spiritedness and generosity was the donation in 1919 of a 37 acres (15 ha) site and buildings for the establishment of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College which finally became the University of Leicester.
The building comprises three distinct elements: an 18-storey tower block containing 270 offices and tutorial rooms; a low-rise building, known within the University as the 'Attenborough Seminar Block', containing seminar rooms and computing facilities; and an underground area housing two large lecture theatres and the University Film Theatre.
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The building was home to most of the university departments until purpose-built accommodation was created. [3] It was renamed the Fielding Johnson Building in 1964 and has since become the main administration building of the University of Leicester. [3] The building now houses the faculty of law and the faculty of criminology. [4]
Chris Allen, British sociologist and associate professor at the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester; Penelope Allison, Professor of Archaeology; Lyman Andrews, American Studies; Isobel Armstrong, scholar of nineteenth-century poetry and women's writing; Graeme Barker, Disney Professor of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
The University of Leicester — a leading research university based in Leicester, East Midlands, England. The main campus is about a mile from the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College .