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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a renowned centre for teaching and research and one of the ancient universities of Scotland and is amongst the largest and most prestigious in the United Kingdom. University of Glasgow - History. It was founded in 1451 by papal bull of Pope Nicholas V, at the suggestion of King James II, giving Bishop William Turnbull permission to add the university to the cit ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - University of Glasgow - Facilities

The university's initial accommodations were part of the complex of religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. This coexistence became increasingly uneasy with time, particularly following the protestant reformation, after which Glasgow became a predominantly Protestant city. In the 17th century this, combined with the university's growth and the broadening and secularisation of its curriculum, led it to establish its own two-quadrangled building outside the cath ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Ancient university

Ancient university is a term used to describe the medieval and renaissance universities of Britain and Ireland that have continued to exist. Because no universities were founded in these countries between the 16th and 19th centuries, an ancient university effectively means one that was founded before the 19th century. The ancient universities in Britain and Ireland are, in order of formation: University of Oxford – founded before 1167 University of Cambridge – founded 1209 University of St And ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Ancient universities of Scotland

The Ancient universities of Scotland are those universities founded during the mediaeval period, and comprise (list by year of being chartered): The University of St Andrews, founded 1413 by papal bull The University of Glasgow, founded 1451 by papal bull The University of Aberdeen, founded 1495 by papal bull The University of Edinburgh, founded 1583 by Royal Charter Ancient universities of Scotland - University of Dundee. The University of Dundee (chartered 19 ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Andrew Melville

Andrew Melville (August 1, 1545-1622) was a Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer. He was born at Baldovy near Montrose, Angus, the youngest son of Richard Melville (brother to Melville of Dysart); his father died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, fighting in the van of the Scottish army. Andrew's mother died soon after, and the orphan was cared for by his eldest brother Richard (1522-1575). At an early age Melville began to show a taste for learning, and his brother did everything in his power to give him t ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Alistair MacLean

Alistair Stuart MacLean (April 28, 1922 - February 2, 1987) was a Scottish novelist, writer of successful thrillers or adventures, the best known of which is perhaps The Guns of Navarone. He also used the pseudonym Ian Stuart. Alistair MacLean - Life. MacLean was the son of a minister, and learned English as his second language after his mother tongue Scottish Gaelic. He was born in Glasgow but spent much of his childhood and youth in Daviot, near Inverness. He joined the Royal Navy in ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Andrew Bonar Law

The Right Honourable Andrew Bonar Law (September 16, 1858 - October 30, 1923) was a Conservative British statesman and Prime Minister. Andrew Bonar Law - Early Life. Of Ulster Scots and Scottish descent, Andrew Bonar Law was born in Rexton, a small village in eastern New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of the Reverend James Law and Elizabeth Kidston. In 1860, Law's mother died in childbirth. He worked as a boy on his fathers smallholding and for some years after his mother’s death he was in the c ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Scotland

1. In common with the rest of the UK. 2. No official anthem. God Save the Queen is traditionally the UK national anthem. See national symbols below. Scotland (Alba in Gaelic) is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom. The country occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Nemesis

In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Νέμεσις) was the goddess of divine justice and vengeance. Her anger was seen as directed chiefly toward those guilty of arrogance (Hubris), particularly human arrogance towards the gods and their laws. Nemesis pursued the insolent and the wicked with inflexible vengeance. Her cult probably originated from Smyrna. She was described by Greek writers as the daughter of Oceanus or Zeus, but accordin ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - April 22

April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. April 22 - Events. 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father. 1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas. < ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Sir William Hamilton 9th Baronet

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (8 March 1788–6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician. Sir William Hamilton 9th Baronet - Early life. He was born in Glasgow. His father, Dr William Hamilton, had in 1781, on the strong recommendation of William Hunter, been appointed to succeed his own father, Dr Thomas Hamilton, as professor of anatomy in the University of Glasgow; and when he died in 1790, in his thirty-second year, he had already gained a great reputation. William Hamilton and a younger brother, Thom ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Adam Smith

Adam Smith, FRSE (Baptised June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790) was a Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. His Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was one of the earliest attempts to study the historical development of industry and commerce in Europe. That work helped to create the modern academic discipline of economics and provided one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade and capitalism. Adam Smith - Biography. Smith was a son of the controller ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Billy Connolly

William "Billy" Connolly, CBE, D.Litt (born November 24, 1942) is a comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin" ("The Big One", a reference to his height). Billy Connolly - Early life. Billy Connolly was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Mary and William Connolly, the son of an Irish immigrant. Connolly was brought up in the Anderston, and later Partick, districts of Glasgow and attended St. Gerard's Secondary Sch ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - William Hunter anatomist

William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, the elder brother of John Hunter. After studying divinity at the University of Glasgow, he went into medicine in 1737, studying under William Cullen. He was trained in anatomy at St George's Hospital, London, and specialised in obstetrics. In 1764, he became physician to Queen Charlotte. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Socie ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Cosmo Lang

Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth (1864-1945) was Archbishop of York (1908-1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928-1942). Lang (like his predecessor as Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson) was a Scot and originally a Presbyterian. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and at Oxford, and studied law, envisaging a career as a barrister and probably later as a progressive Conservative politician. However, he became convinced that he was called to be a priest, and wi ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728). B.A. 1678 (Harvard College), M.A. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was a socially and politically-influential "Puritan" minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Cotton Mather was the son of influential minister Increase Mather. Mather attended Boston Latin School, and graduated from Harvard in 1678, at only 15 years of age. After completing his post-graduate work, he joined his father as assistant Pastor of Boston's original North Church (not to b ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, born January 2, 1928) is the president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association of more than 12 million members in more than 190 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. Born of poor origins, his family endured the hardships of the war, as many did. In his youth, he lost an older brother to World War II, which developed in him a strong opposition to war. In his late teens, he learned of Nichiren Shoshu Bud ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

The Right Honourable William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, GCVO, OM, PC, PRS (26 June 1824–17 December 1907) was a Scottish-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer, an outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. He did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He is also credited for the discovery of the atom. He also enjoyed a second career as a telegraph engineer and inventor, a career that p ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Busan National University

Pusan National University (PNU) (also called Busan National University) is one of major leading national universities whose main campus is located in Pusan (also called Busan), South Korea. It has been regarded as the one of the three most prestigious national institution of higher education in the country together with Seoul National University (SNU) in Seoul and Kyungpook National University (KNU) in Daegu. In Korea, the school is generally regarded as the best university outside of Seoul. The university's Engli ...

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University of Glasgow: Encyclopedia - Ardour audio processor

Ardour is a professional hard disk recorder and digital audio editor application released under the GNU General Public License as Free Software. It currently runs on GNU / Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. Its main author is Paul Davis, who is also the main author of JACK Audio Connection Kit. His intention is to make the best possible (most professional) digital audio workstation. Since Ardour 0.9beta5 there is support to operate in conjunction with Animatrics, fro ...

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