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University of Birmingham

Great Britain · Science / Education. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1900–1937Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1900

Joseph Chamberlain24 March 1900

Birmingham · Science / Education

Helps secure the charter creating the University of Birmingham.

1901

John Henry Poynting1901

Birmingham · Science / Education

Serves as a leading physicist at the new University of Birmingham.

1911

Oliver Lodge1911

Birmingham · Science / Education

Serves as principal of the University of Birmingham during its early expansion.

1937

Mark Oliphant1937

Birmingham · Science / Education

Oliphant becomes Poynting Professor and expands experimental nuclear physics at Birmingham.

Names involved

John Henry PoyntingJoseph ChamberlainMark OliphantOliver Lodge

Provenance

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