University of Leicester

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
University of Leicester
Other forms of name
Leicester University
Leicester, Eng. University
Coordinates
-1.124444444 -1.124444444 52.62138889 52.62138889 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Universities and colleges
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Education, Higher
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 151272016
Wikidata: Q1333399
Library of congress: n 80126213
Sources of Information
  • Its website, viewed 24 Apr. 2015:home p. (University of Leicester; University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH)
  • University of Leicester Act 1958, May 1958(a University College endowment fund was established in Leicester on Armistice Day 1918 and a college was opened in October 1921 under the name of the Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland College; in 1927 the name of the College was changed to University College Leicester; on 4 Dec. 1950 the College was granted a charter under the name University College of Leicester; on 1 May 1957, the University College was granted a charter constituting and founding in the city and county of Leicester a university by the name and style of the University of Leicester)
  • Its Catalog, 1954-55.
  • Leicester University engineering building, 1994.
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