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The history of the university is usually traced to 1841. It was in that year that five young men who were employed by local industrialist Frederic Schwann, [12] who had been born in Frankfurt, approached their employer for support in establishing a new subscription library and some elementary educational classes, ‘to supply in some cases the deficiency of early instruction, and to procure ...
Richard Morris, OBE (born 8 October 1947) [1] is a British writer and archaeologist who explores landscape, the archaeology of churches and battlefields, and cultural and aviation history. He is a professor (emeritus) at the University of Huddersfield [2] and a visiting fellow of the Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds.
The University of Huddersfield — located in the town of Huddersfield, within Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. The main article for this category is University of Huddersfield . Subcategories
Keith Laybourn FRHistS FHEA (born 13 March 1946) is Diamond Jubilee Professor of the University of Huddersfield and Professor of History. [1] He is a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century specialising in labour history and the working class in Britain.
The region's main public research universities are: University of Bradford, University of Huddersfield, University of Hull, University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, and the University of York. Many of the institutions have histories pre-dating their university.
The Ramsden Building, named after Sir John William Ramsden, was opened in 1883 by the Huddersfield Technical School and Mechanics' Institute and is situated on Queen Street South, between Milton Church and St Paul's Church, and is now part of the University of Huddersfield campus.
Became an independent university in 1963 by act of parliament and does not have a royal charter. Its city-centre location, architecture, and history as a nineteenth century university college make Newcastle more similar to the redbricks than the plateglass universities, and it is often referred to as redbrick or a civic university. [54] [55] [56]
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