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Key events in the history of Edinburgh University.
Pages in category ‘Events’
The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.
A
- Admission of Women to Faculty of Medicine, 1916
- Appointment of Curators of Patronage, 1859
- Appointment of Gilbert Rule as Principal of Edinburgh University, 1690
- Appointment of Max Born to Chair of Natural Philosophy, 1936
- Appointment of Sir David Brewster as Principal of Edinburgh University, 1859
- Appointment of William Carstares as Principal of Edinburgh University, 1703
- Award of Nobel Prize to Peter Higgs, 2013
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- Election of Gordon Brown as Rector, 1972
- Election of Lord Kitchener as Rector, 1914
- Election of Sir Alexander Fleming as Rector, 1951
- Election of University's First Member of Parliament, 1868
- End of Regenting System, 1708
- Endowment of Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 1901
- Eric Liddell's Olympic Gold Medal, 1924
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- Fire Damage to School of Informatics, 2002
- First 'Non-Political' Rectorial Election, 1932
- First American Graduate, 1749
- First Celebrity Rector, 1948
- First Charities Week, 1932
- First Election of Rector by Student Body, 1859
- First Female Senior President of Students' Representative Council, 1915
- First Graduation of Female Students, 1893
- First Meeting of General Council, 1859
- First Meeting of University Court, 1859
- First Publication of the Student, 1887
- First Woman Professor, 1958
- First Woman Rector, 1988
- First Woman University Librarian, 1980
- First World War
- Foundation of Baxter Chair of Engineering, 1868
- Foundation of Chair of Chemistry, 1713
- Foundation of Chair of Computer Science, 1967
- Foundation of Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, 1760
- Foundation of Edinburgh Ladies Education Association, 1868
- Foundation of Edinburgh University Students' Association, 1973
- Foundation of Faculty of Arts, 1708
- Foundation of Faculty of Law, 1707
- Foundation of Faculty of Music, 1894
- Foundation of Faculty of Science, 1893
- Foundation of Faculty of Social Sciences, 1963
- Foundation of New College, 1846
- Foundation of Polish School of Medicine, 1941
- Foundation of Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography, 1901
- Foundation of Students' Representative Council, 1884
- Foundation of Faculty of Medicine, 1726
- Foundation of Trustees' Drawing Academy, 1760
- Foundation of University Hall, 1887
- Foundation of University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association, 1924
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- Opening of Easter Bush Veterinary Campus, 2011
- Opening of Edinburgh University, 1583
- Opening of Free Church of Scotland Normal and Sessional School, 1848
- Opening of Masson Hall, 1897
- Opening of McEwan Hall, 1897
- Opening of New Medical School, 1884
- Opening of New Medical School, 2002
- Opening of University Union, 1889