King's Buildings - Revision history

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GButtars: /* Crew Building */

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Crew Building

GButtars at 08:48, 16 June 2014

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GButtars at 08:07, 16 June 2014

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-== Grant Institute of Geology ==
+=== Grant Institute of Geology ===
 [[Geology]] initially moved from [[Old College]] into temporary accommodation provided by huts at King's Buildings.  These had previously been used to provide wartime accommodation for US soldiers in St. Andrews Square but were purchased by the University in 1912 and moved to the King's Buildings campus.  A donation of £50,000 from [[Sir Alexander Grant]] provided the funds for a proper building and the Grant Institute of Geology was officially opened on 28 January 1932 by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald.

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		+	== Grant Institute of Geology ==
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		+	[[Geology]] initially moved from [[Old College]] into temporary accommodation provided by huts at King's Buildings. These had previously been used to provide wartime accommodation for US soldiers in St. Andrews Square but were purchased by the University in 1912 and moved to the King's Buildings campus. A donation of £50,000 from [[Sir Alexander Grant]] provided the funds for a proper building and the Grant Institute of Geology was officially opened on 28 January 1932 by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald.

	=== Sanderson Building ===		=== Sanderson Building ===

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 == Foundation ==
-The immediate aftermath of the [[First World War]] saw a major expansion in the campus with the purchase of West Mains Farm in 1919.  Of its 115 acres, around 90 were turned over for the development of the King's Buildings campus (the remainder leased out as a golf course. On 6 July 1920, King George V laid the foundation of the first new building, for the Department of Chemistry (now called the [[Joseph Black Building]]. In his speech he referred to "a world devastated by the ravages of war" and that, "we pin our faith upon the possibilities emerging from the progressive application of science to the service of man".
+The immediate aftermath of the [[First World War]] saw a major expansion in the campus with the purchase of West Mains Farm in 1919.  Of its 115 acres, around 90 were turned over for the development of the King's Buildings campus (the remainder leased out as a golf course. On 6 July 1920, King George V laid the foundation of the first new building, for the Department of Chemistry (now called the [[#Joseph Black Building|Joseph Black Building]]. In his speech he referred to "a world devastated by the ravages of war" and that, "we pin our faith upon the possibilities emerging from the progressive application of science to the service of man".
 [[File:0022375d.jpg | border | 350 px | right | thumb | Institute of Animal Genetics building (now the Crew Building)]]
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 === Joseph Black Building ===
-Work in the new [[Chemistry]] began in 1999 and it was open for use in 1922 (officially opened 2 years later).  [[Sir James Walker (1863-1965)]] was criticised for including 30 small rooms for research staff but was ultimately proved correct.  He was also proved correct in having a design which facilitated extension upwards. This building was also home to [[Animal Genetics]], from 1924 until its own building (now the [[#Crew Building|Crew Building]]) opened in 1930.
+Work in the new [[Chemistry]] began in 1919 and it was open for use in 1922 (officially opened 2 years later).  [[Sir James Walker (1863-1965)]] was criticised for including 30 small rooms for research staff but was ultimately proved correct.  He was also proved correct in having a design which facilitated extension upwards. This building was also home to [[Animal Genetics]], from 1924 until its own building (now the [[#Crew Building|Crew Building]]) opened in 1930.
 === Ashworth Building/Laboratories ===
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 === King's Buildings Union ===

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 The immediate aftermath of the [[First World War]] saw a major expansion in the campus with the purchase of West Mains Farm in 1919.  Of its 115 acres, around 90 were turned over for the development of the King's Buildings campus (the remainder leased out as a golf course. On 6 July 1920, King George V laid the foundation of the first new building, for the Department of Chemistry (now called the [[Joseph Black Building]]. In his speech he referred to "a world devastated by the ravages of war" and that, "we pin our faith upon the possibilities emerging from the progressive application of science to the service of man".
 == Buildings and Subject Areas ==
 === Joseph Black Building ===

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 Work in the new [[Chemistry]] began in 1999 and it was open for use in 1922 (officially opened 2 years later).  [[Sir James Walker (1863-1965)]] was criticised for including 30 small rooms for research staff but was ultimately proved correct.  He was also proved correct in having a design which facilitated extension upwards. This building was also home to [[Animal Genetics]], from 1924 until its own building (now the [[#Crew Building|Crew Building]]) opened in 1930.
 === Ashworth Building/Laboratories ===
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 === Crew Building ===
 Ready for use in March 1930, this was funded partly by the International Educational Board.  Along with the main building, there were associated ones to house the variety of animals involved.

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	=== Crew Building ===		=== Crew Building ===
		+	[[File:0022375d.jpg \| border \| 350 px \| right \| thumb \| Institute of Animal Genetics building]]

	Ready for use in March 1930, this was funded partly by the International Educational Board. Along with the main building, there were associated ones to house the variety of animals involved.		Ready for use in March 1930, this was funded partly by the International Educational Board. Along with the main building, there were associated ones to house the variety of animals involved.

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		+	=== King's Buidings Union ===
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		+	Initial accommodation had been provided in various huts which [[Geology]] had been using up to 1931. In 1939, the new building was opened by Sir William Bragg.

	== Current Buildings ==		== Current Buildings ==