Victoria University of Manchester

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Victoria University of Manchester

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1851 as Owens College, it received a Royal Charter and became Victoria University in 1880. Merged into the University of Manchester in 2004.

Location:
Manchester, England

Founding Date:
1851

Motto:
Arduus Ad Solem

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Robert Bolt Playwright 15-Aug-1924 20-Feb-1995 A Man for All Seasons

James Chadwick Physicist 20-Oct-1891 24-Jul-1974 Discovered the neutron

John Charnley Doctor 29-Aug-1912 5-Aug-1982 Hip replacement surgery

Ernest Howard Griffiths Physicist 15-Jun-1851 3-Mar-1932 The Thermal Measurement of Energy

Christopher Haigh Historian 28-Aug-1944 English Reformations

J. J. Thomson Physicist 18-Dec-1856 30-Aug-1940 Discovered the electron

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Niels Bohr Physicist 7-Oct-1885 18-Nov-1962 Father of Quantum Theory

Lawrence Bragg Physicist 31-Mar-1890 1-Jul-1971 Bragg's Law of diffraction

David Edgerton Historian 16-Apr-1959 The Shock of the Old

William Stanley Jevons Economist 1-Sep-1835 13-Aug-1882 Theory of Political Economy

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