Hull University

Hull University   (University)
Motto	Lampada Ferens (Latin)
Formation	1927
Headquarters	Hull, England
Type	Public
English university

The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull York Medical School, a joint initiative with the University of York. Students are served by Hull University Union.

History

The foundation stone of University College Hull, initially a spin-off from the University of London, was laid in 1928 by the Duke of York, later George VI. The property was given to the college by the city council and local patrons Thomas Ferens and G.F. Grant. One year later, fourteen one-man departments with 39 students started operations. The college at the time consisted of a single building named after the Hull-born mathematician John Venn, which now houses the university administration.

University College gained independence from the University of London with a Royal Charter in 1954, making it the third university in Yorkshire and the fourteenth in England. In the 1960s, numerous new buildings such as the Brynmor Jones Library were built on campus.

In 1972 George William Gray and Ken Harrison discovered liquid crystals in the university's own chemistry laboratory, which remained stable at room temperature and brought the LC display resounding success in the electronics industry.

In 2000 the university purchased the University College Scarborough building, a teacher training facility that became the Scarborough campus of Hull University. The university expanded further in 2003 with the purchase of the buildings on the neighboring University of Lincoln Campus, which has been the university's west campus since 2005 and has been home to the Hull York Medical School and, more recently, the Business School.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Summary	Description
Peter Biddulph	27 January 1940
David Hundeyin	1990	Author Journalist Filmmaker
Robin Ramsay	1948	Author Researcher Editor	Robin Ramsay is co-founder and editor of the Lobster Magazine. He writes about politics, para-politics and deep Politics.
Jon Trickett	2 July 1950	Politician

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