University of Canterbury

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University of Canterbury

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1873 as Canterbury College.

Location:
Christchurch, New Zealand

Founding Date:
1873

Motto:
Ergo tua rura manebunt

Enrollment:
12,600

Official Website:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Rhys Darby Actor 21-Mar-1974 Murray on Flight of the Conchords

John Key Government 9-Aug-1961 Prime Minister of New Zealand

Murray R. McClean Business c. 1949 CEO of Commercial Metals

J. G. A. Pocock Historian 7-Mar-1924 The Machiavellian Moment

Glenn M. Renwick Business 22-May-1955 CEO of Progressive

Bill Rowling Head of State 15-Nov-1927 31-Oct-1995 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75

Ernest Rutherford Physicist 30-Aug-1871 19-Oct-1937 Father of nuclear physics

Norman Thagard Astronaut 3-Jul-1943 Shuttle astronaut

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Roy Kerr Mathematician 16-May-1934 Rotating black holes

J. G. A. Pocock Historian 7-Mar-1924 The Machiavellian Moment

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