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Staff and academics. Mike Ashfold, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. Sir Michael Berry, physicist and Royal Society Research Professor [1] Michael Benton Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology. Robert Bickers, Professor of History. Selig Brodetsky (1888–1954), mathematician, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Kathryn Colvin. Mary Colwell. Joseph Comerford. Simon Conway Morris. Ian Cook (geographer) (previous page) ( next page ) Categories: Alumni by university or college in England. People associated with the University of Bristol.
W. Chrissie Wellington. George Alfred Wills. Henry Herbert Wills. Categories: People by university or college in England. University of Bristol. People by educational institution in Bristol.
The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. [8] It received its royal charter in 1909, [9] although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers ' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876. [10] Bristol Medical School, founded in 1833, was ...
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre. BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. [1] Its higher education awards are validated by the University of the West of England, and its ...
Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875–1938), classicist and musician. Frederick William Lumsden (1872–1918), Royal Marines Brigadier General, VC, CB and DSO & Three bars. Sir Cyril Norwood (1875–1956) classicist and Politician. Sir Douglas Veale (1891–1973), Registrar of the University of Oxford, 1930–1958.
The red is the shade known as Bristol or "Bristowe" red, chosen by the founders of the University for the hoods of all Bristol graduates. "Bristowe Red" is supposed to recall the famous dye used in Mediaeval Bristol, but in fact Sir Isambard Owen, the Vice Chancellor from 1909 to 1921, took the shade from a band of limestone in the Avon Gorge. [27]
The history of the University of Bristol can be said to have begun in 1909 when the university gained a royal charter which allowed it to award degrees. Like most English universities, Bristol evolved from earlier institutions, most notably University College, Bristol (founded 1876), [1] Bristol Medical School (1833) and the Merchant Venturers' Technical College (founded as a school 1595 and ...