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University of Hull
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- Hull, England, UK
- Telephone Numbers: +44 (0)1482 346311
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The foundation stone of University College Hull, then an external college of the University of London, was laid in 1927 by the Duke of York (who later became George VI). It was built on land donated by Hull City Council and local benefactors Thomas Ferens and G F Grant. A year later the first 14 departments, in pure sciences and the arts, opened with 39 students. The college at that time consisted of one building, the Venn building (named after the mathematician John Venn, who was born in Hull). The College gained its Royal Charter in 1954 which empowered it to award degrees of its own, making it the third university in Yorkshire and the 14th in England. The Brynmor Jones Library was constructed in 1960, with a tower block extension added in 1970. During the 1960s more academic buildings were added, with their height diminishing from the centre of the campus towards the perimeter, a barrier which the university was quickly outgrowing. [1]
In 1972 George Gray and Ken Harrison created room-temperature stable liquid crystals in the University Chemistry laboratories, which were an immediate success in the electronics industry and consumer products. This led to Hull becoming the first university to be awarded the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement for the joint-development of the long-lasting materials that made liquid crystal displays possible. In 2000 the University bought the site of University College Scarborough on Filey Road, Scarborough to become the University of Hull Scarborough Campus. The University then further expanded in 2003 when it purchased the buildings of the adjacent University of Lincoln campus which, from the 2005 academic year, became the West Campus of the university. The site now houses the Hull York Medical School and the recently relocated Business School which is housed in three buildings - Wharfe, Derwent and Esk. [1]
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- Busari, Adeola Risikat (October 2004 - July 2007)
- Cheriton, Les W (October 1965 - July 1968)
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