Royal School of Mines and Royal College of Science 1851-1966

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Royal School of Mines and Royal College of Science 1851-1966

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Royal School of Mines; Royal College of Science

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The Royal School of Mines was established in 1851, as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts. The School developed from the Museum of Economic Geology, a collection of minerals, maps and mining equipment made by Sir Henry De la Beche, and opened in 1841. The Museum also provided some student places for the study of mineralogy and metallurgy. Sir Henry was the director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and when the collections outgrew the premises the Museum and t...

Royal College of Science

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Royal School of Mines established 1851; Royal College of Chemistry (established 1845), merged with Royal School of Mines, 1853; Royal College of Science established 1881 (then known as Normal School of Science), name changed to Royal College of Science, 1890. From the description of Records of Royal College of Science and successor organizations, 1851-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79789765 The Royal College of Science was formed in 1881 in South Kensington by mer...

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

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