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University of London - the First Conference of Degrees, in the Hall of King's College, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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University of London - the First Conference of Degrees, in the Hall of King's College, 1850. Presentation of degrees in London: '...the first time the ceremony has been performed in public. The Right Hon. the Earl of Burlington, Chancellor of the University, presided...During the past year, 167 gentlemen had been admitted to matriculation, of whom 11 had distinguished themselves when under examination for honours in mathematics and natural philosophy, and one had obtained an exhibition; and four had distinguished themselves in classics, one of whom had obtained an exhibition. 25 gentlemen had passed the first examination for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, of whom one had obtained an exhibition in anatomy and physiology, another in chemistry, and a third in materia medica and pharmaceutical chemistry...'. Women were first awarded degrees in 1878. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A34_343

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45,6Mo (5,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 27,2cm / 4960 x 3215 (300dpi)

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