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Brotherton Library. / 53.8080°N 1.5534°W / 53.8080; -1.5534. The Brotherton Library is a 1936 Grade II listed Neoclassical building with some art deco fittings, located on the main campus of the University of Leeds. It was designed by the firm of Lanchester & Lodge, and is named after Edward Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, who in ...
University of Leeds. / 53.80722°N 1.55167°W / 53.80722; -1.55167. The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science.
Leeds University Library's Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections are one of the five Designated collections held by the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds. The collections contain an extensive range of international books, manuscripts and archives relating to Gypsy, Traveller and Roma culture. The majority of the materials do not ...
The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. It was founded in 1768, [1] following an advertisement placed in the Leeds Intelligencer earlier that year. The first secretary was Joseph Priestley. [2] In 1779, James Boswell wrote, "In Leeds, where one would not expect it, there is a very good public ...
UoL Library: Cookery Collection. Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection is one of the five Designated collections held by the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds. It comprises an extensive collection of international books, manuscripts and archives relating to food, cooking and culinary culture.
University of Leeds Campus circa 1839 Grade II listed building (5 August 1976) 53°48'23.962"N, 1°33'36.144"W: 1375115: University of Leeds Staff Social Club (Q26655913) University of Leeds Campus 1849 Grade II listed building (11 September 1996) 53°48'27.565"N, 1°33'30.146"W: 1375094: Great Hall of the University of Leeds
The Great Hall is a grade II listed [1] Gothic Revival building located at the University of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The building is primarily used for formal occasions such as graduation ceremonies and university students' examinations. Its undercroft was previously utilised to house the university library collections before the ...
William Horatio Crawford (1815–1888) was an Irish brewer and philanthropist. [1] He was both a book collector and art collector, and contributed to the art school at the Cork School of Design, which became known as the Crawford School of Art in 1885. Much of the Crawford art collection is now held in the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork city .