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'''Mason Science College''' was a [[university college]] in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], and a predecessor college of [[Birmingham University]]. Founded in 1875 by industrialist and philanthropist Sir [[Josiah Mason]], the college was incorporated into the [[University of Birmingham]] in 1900. Two students of the college, [[Neville Chamberlain]] and [[Stanley Baldwin]], later went on to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Ministers of the UK]].
'''Mason Science College''' was a [[university college]] in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], and a predecessor college of the [[University of Birmingham]]. Founded in 1875 by industrialist and philanthropist Sir [[Josiah Mason]], the college was incorporated into the [[University of Birmingham]] in 1900. Two students of the college, [[Neville Chamberlain]] and [[Stanley Baldwin]], later went on to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime ministers of the United Kingdom]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:Josiah Mason bust - 2011-04-30 CROP.jpg|thumb|left|Sir [[Josiah Mason]], the founder of Mason Science College. Bust by [[William Bloye]], after [[Francis John Williamson]]. ]]
[[File:Josiah Mason bust - 2011-04-30 CROP.jpg|thumb|left|Sir [[Josiah Mason]], the founder of Mason Science College. Bust by [[William Bloye]], after [[Francis John Williamson]]. ]]


The college was established by an English industrialist and philanthropist Sir [[Josiah Mason]] in 1875.<ref>Eric Ives ''et al'', ''The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980 An Introductory History'' (Birmingham, 2000), p. 12</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The State of UK Higher Education: Managing Change and Diversity|year=2001|publisher=Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press|location=Buckingham|isbn=978-0335206599|page=30|editor=Warner, D. |editor2=Palfreyman, D.}}</ref> The building of the college in [[Edmund Street]], Birmingham was designed by [[Jethro Cossins]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Ballard |first=Phillada |date=2009 |title=Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects |url= |location= |publisher=Oblong Creative Limited |page=231 |isbn=978-0-9556576-2-7 |access-date= }}</ref> and opened on 1 October 1880 and was marked by a speech by [[Thomas Henry Huxley]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas H. Huxley (1825-95): Science and Culture, 1880|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1880huxley-scicult.asp|publisher=Fordham University|accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> In the speech, Huxley considered the opening of the college as a victory for scientific cause and supported Mason's antagonistic views on the classics and theology. The college developed various liberal and vocational subjects, but forced out the artisans. The medical and scientific departments of [[Queen's College, Birmingham]] moved to the nearby Mason Science College.<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Robert|title=British Universities Past and Present|year=2006|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-1852853471|page=77}}</ref>
The college was established by an English industrialist and philanthropist Sir [[Josiah Mason]] in 1875.<ref>Eric Ives ''et al'', ''The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880–1980 An Introductory History'' (Birmingham, 2000), p. 12</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The State of UK Higher Education: Managing Change and Diversity|year=2001|publisher=Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press|location=Buckingham|isbn=978-0335206599|page=30|editor=Warner, D. |editor2=Palfreyman, D.}}</ref> The building of the college in [[Edmund Street]], Birmingham was designed by [[Jethro Cossins]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Ballard |first=Phillada |date=2009 |title=Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects |publisher=Oblong Creative Limited |page=231 |isbn=978-0-9556576-2-7 }}</ref> and opened on 1 October 1880 and was marked by a speech by [[Thomas Henry Huxley]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas H. Huxley (1825–95): Science and Culture, 1880|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1880huxley-scicult.asp|publisher=Fordham University|access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> In the speech, Huxley considered the opening of the college as a victory for scientific cause and supported Mason's antagonistic views on the classics and theology. The college developed various liberal and vocational subjects, but forced out the artisans. The medical and scientific departments of [[Queen's College, Birmingham]] moved to the nearby Mason Science College.<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Robert|title=British Universities Past and Present|year=2006|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-1852853471|page=77}}</ref>


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In 1898 it became Mason University College, with [[Joseph Chamberlain]] becoming the President of Court of Governors of the college. In 1900 it was incorporated into the [[University of Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mason College|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/about/history/mason.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham|accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> Students at the College were awarded their degrees by the [[University of London]] until the University of Birmingham was established and received degree awarding powers in its own right.
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In 1898, it became Mason University College, with [[Joseph Chamberlain]] becoming the President of Court of Governors of the college. In 1900 it was incorporated into the [[University of Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mason College|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/about/history/mason.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham|access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> Students at the college were awarded their degrees by the [[University of London]] until the University of Birmingham was established and received degree awarding powers in its own right.


[[William A. Tilden]] was professor of chemistry from 1880 to 1894. In September 1893 [[Francis William Aston]] began his university studies at the college, where he was taught physics by [[John Henry Poynting]] and chemistry by [[Percy F. Frankland|Frankland]] and Tilden.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society Vol. 5, No. 16 (May, 1948), pp. 634-650|journal = Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume = 5|issue = 16|pages = 635–650|jstor = 768761|last1 = Hevesy|first1 = G.|year = 1948|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1948.0002}}</ref>
[[William A. Tilden]] was professor of chemistry from 1880 to 1894. In September 1893, [[Francis William Aston]] began his university studies at the college, where he was taught physics by [[John Henry Poynting]] and chemistry by [[Percy F. Frankland|Frankland]] and Tilden.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society Vol. 5, No. 16 (May, 1948), pp. 634–650|journal = Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume = 5|issue = 16|pages = 635–650|jstor = 768761|last1 = Hevesy|first1 = G.|year = 1948|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1948.0002| s2cid=191531223 }}</ref>


In 1881 [[Charles Lapworth]] became the first professor of geology at the college.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Charles Lapworth LL D FRS|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/lapworth-museum/about/lapworth.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham|accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> In 1891 physics professor John Henry Poynting successfully calculated the mean density of the Earth.<ref name="Foundation of the University">{{cite web|title=Foundation of the University 1767 -1899|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/about/history/academic-history/foundation.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham|accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref>
In 1881, [[Charles Lapworth]] became the first professor of geology at the college.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Charles Lapworth LL D FRS|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/lapworth-museum/about/lapworth.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham|access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> In 1891, physics professor John Henry Poynting successfully calculated the mean density of the Earth.<ref name="Foundation of the University">{{cite web|title=Foundation of the University 1767 -1899|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/about/history/academic-history/foundation.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham|access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>


The Mason College building housed [[Birmingham University]]'s Faculties of Arts and Law for over half a century after the founding of the University in 1900. The Faculty of Arts building on the Edgbaston campus was not constructed until 1959-61. The Faculties of Arts and Law then moved to the Edgbaston Campus.
The Mason College building housed [[Birmingham University]]'s Faculties of Arts and Law for over half a century after the founding of the University in 1900. The Faculty of Arts building on the Edgbaston campus was not constructed until 1959–61. The Faculties of Arts and Law then moved to the Edgbaston Campus.


After the [[Second World War]] the style of architecture was not as appreciated as it is now. Paul Cadbury referred to it in 1952 as a ''neo-gothic monstrosity'' and expected it to be demolished within 50 years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cadbury |first=Paul S. |date=1952 |title=Birmingham - Fifty Years On |url= |location= |publisher=Bournville Village Trust |page=76 |isbn= |author-link= }}</ref> In the event it was demolished in 1964, along with the original Central Public Library and the [[Birmingham and Midland Institute]], as part of the redevelopment within the inner ring road. The former [[Birmingham Central Library|Central Library]] stood on the site of the old college, the library having moved to a [[Library of Birmingham|new site]] in 2013; the building was demolished in 2016.
After the [[Second World War]], the style of architecture was not as appreciated as it is now. Paul Cadbury referred to it in 1952 as a ''neo-gothic monstrosity'' and expected it to be demolished within 50 years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cadbury |first=Paul S. |date=1952 |title=Birmingham - Fifty Years On |publisher=Bournville Village Trust |page=76 }}</ref> In the event, it was demolished in 1964, along with the original Central Public Library and the [[Birmingham and Midland Institute]], as part of the redevelopment within the inner ring road. The former [[Birmingham Central Library|Central Library]] stood on the site of the old college, the library having moved to a [[Library of Birmingham|new site]] in 2013; the building was demolished in 2016.


==Departments==
==Departments==
During the first academic session of the college in 1880 courses in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics were offered to students. By 1881 courses in geology and mineralogy, botany and vegetable physiology, engineering, English language and literature, Greek and Latin, and French and German language and literature were also available. From 1882 Medical students at [[Queen's College, Birmingham]] were able to attend classes in botany, physiology and chemistry, and in 1892 the medical faculty of Queen's College was transferred to Mason College.<ref name="Foundation of the University"/> There was also a short-lived department of ‘Mental and Moral Science’, which was not successful despite funds being gifted specifically to support the endeavor in 1882.<ref>Eric Ives, Diane Drummond and L.D. Schwarz, ''The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980'' (Birmingham: Birmingham University Press, 2000), p. 35.</ref>
During the first academic session of the college in 1880 courses in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics were offered to students. By 1881 courses in geology and mineralogy, botany and vegetable physiology, engineering, English language and literature, Greek and Latin, and French and German language and literature were also available. From 1882 Medical students at [[Queen's College, Birmingham]] were able to attend classes in botany, physiology and chemistry, and in 1892 the medical faculty of Queen's College was transferred to Mason College.<ref name="Foundation of the University"/> There was also a short-lived department of 'Mental and Moral Science', which was not successful despite funds being gifted specifically to support the endeavor in 1882.<ref>Eric Ives, Diane Drummond and L.D. Schwarz, ''The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980'' (Birmingham: Birmingham University Press, 2000), p. 35.</ref>


==Academics and alumni==
==Academics and alumni==
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[[File:William A. Tilden.jpg|right|100px|thumb|[[William A. Tilden|Sir William Tilden]]]]
[[File:William A. Tilden.jpg|right|100px|thumb|[[William A. Tilden|Sir William Tilden]]]]
[[File:John Henry Poynting.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[John Henry Poynting]]]]
[[File:John Henry Poynting.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[John Henry Poynting]]]]
[[File:Constance_Naden.JPG|thumb|right|100px|[[Constance Naden]]]]

Notable academics and alumni of the college include:<ref>See [https://academicinfluence.com/schools/mason-science-college "Who Are Mason Science College's Most Influential Alumni?"]</ref>


Notable academics and alumni of the college include:
* [[Edward Arber]], academic and writer
* [[Edward Arber]], academic and writer
* [[Francis William Aston]], chemist and physicist, 1922 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
* [[Francis William Aston]], chemist and physicist, 1922 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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* Sir [[Nathan Bodington]], Professor of classics
* Sir [[Nathan Bodington]], Professor of classics
* [[Adrian John Brown]], FRS, pioneer in the study of enzyme kinetics
* [[Adrian John Brown]], FRS, pioneer in the study of enzyme kinetics
* [[Arthur Henry Reginald Buller]], British-Canadian mycologist mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust
* [[Arthur Henry Reginald Buller]], British-Canadian mycologist mainly known as a researcher of fungi in general, and wheat rust in particular
* [[Neville Chamberlain]], [[British Prime Minister]]<ref>K. Feiling, ''The Life of Neville Chamberlain'' (London, 1970), 11-12</ref>
* [[Neville Chamberlain]], [[British Prime Minister]]<ref>K. Feiling, ''The Life of Neville Chamberlain'' (London, 1970), 11-12</ref>
* [[Lawrence Crawford (mathematician)]] [[FRSE]] (1867-1951), taught in the college<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Crawford.html | title=Lawrence Crawford biography}}</ref>
* [[Lawrence Crawford (mathematician)]] [[FRSE]] (1867–1951), taught in the college<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Crawford.html | title=Lawrence Crawford biography}}</ref>
* Sir [[Guy Dain]], Chairman of the [[British Medical Association]] 1943-9 (M.B. medicine)<ref name="ulrls.lon.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/general_register_part_3.pdf |title=University of London General Register part 3 |publisher=Ulrls.lon.ac.uk |accessdate=2015-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Sir Guy Dain, F.R.C.S., Hon. M.D., Hon.L.L.D. (1870-1966) |date=2015-09-28 |pmc=2312112 |pmid=5329162 |volume=38 |issue=6 |journal=Ann R Coll Surg Engl |pages=391–2}}</ref>
* Sir [[Guy Dain]], Chairman of the [[British Medical Association]] 1943–49 (M.B. medicine)<ref name="ulrls.lon.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/general_register_part_3.pdf |title=University of London General Register part 3 |publisher=Ulrls.lon.ac.uk |access-date=2015-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Sir Guy Dain, F.R.C.S., Hon. M.D., Hon.L.L.D. (1870-1966) |date=2015-09-28 |pmc=2312112 |pmid=5329162 |volume=38 |issue=6 |journal=Ann R Coll Surg Engl |pages=391–2}}</ref>
* [[Hermann Georg Fiedler]], German scholar
* [[Hermann Georg Fiedler]], German scholar
* [[Henry Fowler (engineer)|Sir Henry Fowler]], locomotive engineer
* [[Henry Fowler (engineer)|Sir Henry Fowler]], locomotive engineer
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* [[Ernest Gold (meteorologist)|Ernest Gold]], set up the first operational (military) meteorological service, Deputy Director of the Meteorological Office
* [[Ernest Gold (meteorologist)|Ernest Gold]], set up the first operational (military) meteorological service, Deputy Director of the Meteorological Office
* [[John Berry Haycraft]], discovered an [[anticoagulant]] created by the [[leech]], which he named [[hirudin]]
* [[John Berry Haycraft]], discovered an [[anticoagulant]] created by the [[leech]], which he named [[hirudin]]
* [[John Rippiner Heath]], physician and composer
* [[Micaiah John Muller Hill]], FRS, English mathematician, known for Hill's spherical vortex and Hill's tetrahedra
* [[Micaiah John Muller Hill]], FRS, English mathematician, known for Hill's spherical vortex and Hill's tetrahedra
* [[Charles William Hobley]], pioneering colonial administrator in Kenya
* [[Charles William Hobley]], pioneering colonial administrator in Kenya
* [[Frank Horton (physicist)|Frank Horton]], Professor of Physics at [[Royal Holloway College]] and [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of London]] 1939-45
* [[Frank Horton (physicist)|Frank Horton]], Professor of Physics at [[Royal Holloway College]] and [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of London]] 1939–45
* [[Henry Eliot Howard]], ornithologist
* [[Henry Eliot Howard]], ornithologist
* [[Arthur Lapworth]], FRS, chemist
* [[Arthur Lapworth]], FRS, chemist
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* [[Kineton Parkes]], novelist and art historian
* [[Kineton Parkes]], novelist and art historian
* Sir [[Leonard Parsons]], Professor of Paediatrics, dean of Birmingham medical school, in 1932 the first to use synthetic vitamin C to treat [[scurvy]] in children<ref name="ulrls.lon.ac.uk"/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Sir Leonard Parsons of Birmingham (1879-1950) and antenatal paediatrics |pmc=1721345 |pmid=11815555 |volume=86 |issue = 1|year=2002 |journal=Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. |pages=F65–7 | last1 = Dunn | first1 = PM|doi=10.1136/fn.86.1.F65 }}</ref>
* Sir [[Leonard Parsons]], Professor of Paediatrics, dean of Birmingham medical school, in 1932 the first to use synthetic vitamin C to treat [[scurvy]] in children<ref name="ulrls.lon.ac.uk"/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Sir Leonard Parsons of Birmingham (1879-1950) and antenatal paediatrics |pmc=1721345 |pmid=11815555 |volume=86 |issue = 1|year=2002 |journal=Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. |pages=F65–7 | last1 = Dunn | first1 = PM|doi=10.1136/fn.86.1.F65 }}</ref>
* Sir [[Robert Howson Pickard]], chemist who did pioneering work in stereochemistry and was Vice Chancellor of the University of London from 1937-1939
* Sir [[Robert Howson Pickard]], chemist who did pioneering work in stereochemistry and was Vice Chancellor of the University of London from 1937–1939
* [[John Henry Poynting]], physicist
* [[John Henry Poynting]], physicist
* Dame [[Ethel Shakespear]], geologist, public servant and philanthropist
* Dame [[Ethel Shakespear]], geologist, public servant and philanthropist
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* [[Swale Vincent]], physiologist
* [[Swale Vincent]], physiologist
* [[William Whitehead Watts]], FRS, geologist
* [[William Whitehead Watts]], FRS, geologist
* [[Wilmer Cave Wright]], philologist and historian of science and medicine
* [[John Howard Whitehouse]], Liberal Member of Parliament
* [[John Howard Whitehouse]], Liberal Member of Parliament
* Sir [[Bertram Windle]], physician
* Sir [[Bertram Windle]], physician
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Revision as of 07:48, 16 July 2024

Not to be confused with Josiah Mason College, a specialist Sixth Form College (established 1983).

Mason Science College
Mason Science College is located in England
Mason Science College
General information
StatusDemolished
Architectural styleVictorian Gothic
AddressEdmund Street
Town or cityBirmingham
CountryEngland
Coordinates52°28′48″N 1°54′18″W / 52.4800°N 1.9051°W / 52.4800; -1.9051
Construction started23 February 1875
Opened1 October 1880
Demolished1964
Cost£60,000
ClientJosiah Mason
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Jethro Cossins
References
Ballard, Phillada (2009). Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects. Oblong Creative Limited. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-9556576-2-7.

Mason Science College was a university college in Birmingham, England, and a predecessor college of the University of Birmingham. Founded in 1875 by industrialist and philanthropist Sir Josiah Mason, the college was incorporated into the University of Birmingham in 1900. Two students of the college, Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, later went on to become prime ministers of the United Kingdom.

History

Sir Josiah Mason, the founder of Mason Science College. Bust by William Bloye, after Francis John Williamson.

The college was established by an English industrialist and philanthropist Sir Josiah Mason in 1875.[1][2] The building of the college in Edmund Street, Birmingham was designed by Jethro Cossins[3] and opened on 1 October 1880 and was marked by a speech by Thomas Henry Huxley.[4] In the speech, Huxley considered the opening of the college as a victory for scientific cause and supported Mason's antagonistic views on the classics and theology. The college developed various liberal and vocational subjects, but forced out the artisans. The medical and scientific departments of Queen's College, Birmingham moved to the nearby Mason Science College.[5]

Mason University College Act 1897
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for incorporating Mason University College and for other purposes.
Citation60 & 61 Vict. c. xx
Dates
Royal assent3 June 1897
Other legislation
Repealed byBirmingham University Act 1900
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

In 1898, it became Mason University College, with Joseph Chamberlain becoming the President of Court of Governors of the college. In 1900 it was incorporated into the University of Birmingham.[6] Students at the college were awarded their degrees by the University of London until the University of Birmingham was established and received degree awarding powers in its own right.

William A. Tilden was professor of chemistry from 1880 to 1894. In September 1893, Francis William Aston began his university studies at the college, where he was taught physics by John Henry Poynting and chemistry by Frankland and Tilden.[7]

In 1881, Charles Lapworth became the first professor of geology at the college.[8] In 1891, physics professor John Henry Poynting successfully calculated the mean density of the Earth.[9]

The Mason College building housed Birmingham University's Faculties of Arts and Law for over half a century after the founding of the University in 1900. The Faculty of Arts building on the Edgbaston campus was not constructed until 1959–61. The Faculties of Arts and Law then moved to the Edgbaston Campus.

After the Second World War, the style of architecture was not as appreciated as it is now. Paul Cadbury referred to it in 1952 as a neo-gothic monstrosity and expected it to be demolished within 50 years.[10] In the event, it was demolished in 1964, along with the original Central Public Library and the Birmingham and Midland Institute, as part of the redevelopment within the inner ring road. The former Central Library stood on the site of the old college, the library having moved to a new site in 2013; the building was demolished in 2016.

Departments

During the first academic session of the college in 1880 courses in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics were offered to students. By 1881 courses in geology and mineralogy, botany and vegetable physiology, engineering, English language and literature, Greek and Latin, and French and German language and literature were also available. From 1882 Medical students at Queen's College, Birmingham were able to attend classes in botany, physiology and chemistry, and in 1892 the medical faculty of Queen's College was transferred to Mason College.[9] There was also a short-lived department of 'Mental and Moral Science', which was not successful despite funds being gifted specifically to support the endeavor in 1882.[11]

Academics and alumni

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
Nobel Prize Winner Francis William Aston
Sir William Tilden
John Henry Poynting
Constance Naden

Notable academics and alumni of the college include:[12]

References

  1. ^ Eric Ives et al, The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880–1980 An Introductory History (Birmingham, 2000), p. 12
  2. ^ Warner, D.; Palfreyman, D., eds. (2001). The State of UK Higher Education: Managing Change and Diversity. Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0335206599.
  3. ^ Ballard, Phillada (2009). Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects. Oblong Creative Limited. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-9556576-2-7.
  4. ^ "Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas H. Huxley (1825–95): Science and Culture, 1880". Fordham University. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  5. ^ Anderson, Robert (2006). British Universities Past and Present. Continuum. p. 77. ISBN 978-1852853471.
  6. ^ "Mason College". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. ^ Hevesy, G. (1948). "Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society Vol. 5, No. 16 (May, 1948), pp. 634–650". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5 (16): 635–650. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1948.0002. JSTOR 768761. S2CID 191531223.
  8. ^ "Professor Charles Lapworth LL D FRS". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Foundation of the University 1767 -1899". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  10. ^ Cadbury, Paul S. (1952). Birmingham - Fifty Years On. Bournville Village Trust. p. 76.
  11. ^ Eric Ives, Diane Drummond and L.D. Schwarz, The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980 (Birmingham: Birmingham University Press, 2000), p. 35.
  12. ^ See "Who Are Mason Science College's Most Influential Alumni?"
  13. ^ K. Feiling, The Life of Neville Chamberlain (London, 1970), 11
  14. ^ K. Feiling, The Life of Neville Chamberlain (London, 1970), 11-12
  15. ^ "Lawrence Crawford biography".
  16. ^ a b "University of London General Register part 3" (PDF). Ulrls.lon.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Sir Guy Dain, F.R.C.S., Hon. M.D., Hon.L.L.D. (1870-1966)". Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 38 (6): 391–2. 28 September 2015. PMC 2312112. PMID 5329162.
  18. ^ Dunn, PM (2002). "Sir Leonard Parsons of Birmingham (1879-1950) and antenatal paediatrics". Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 86 (1): F65–7. doi:10.1136/fn.86.1.F65. PMC 1721345. PMID 11815555.

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