University of Reading
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The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading with 17,500 students and 4,000 academic staff. The University of Reading is located on an area of 1.6 km ² spread over three locations, ten minutes from the center of the city. The largest site, Whiteknights campus extends over 130 hectares, of which 4.5 are taken from a lake called Whiteknights Lake. The University has positioned itself in the national university rankings in the top quarter and one of the most research-intensive universities in Britain.
History
The University of Reading goes back to two universities. In 1860 the School of Art, founded in 1870, the School of Science in Reading. In 1892, Christ Church College, Oxford University has a branch in Reading called University Extension College and incorporated a pre-existing universities. In 1901, the branch received its first government bond. 1904 gave the Palmer family, which was involved in the confectionery giants Huntley & Palmers, the University land to the local London Road, which it built its second campus. In 1926, the College received its Royal Charter and became the only University Start-up between the world wars. Your first Vice-Chancellor was William M. Childs. Your main site, Whiteknights campus, the university acquired by the Marquis of Blandford in 1947.
Coat of arms
Coat of Arms Description: The split in gold and black emblem shows up bar, three golden shells and bottom center a red rose with golden slugs in silver common scales cross.
Research
The University has an annual research income of nearly £ 24.5 million (2003 /2004). Approximately 10 percent of this money comes from sponsors and from industry. About £ 2 million of the foundation's funds in 2004 for economic development and commercial activities of the University have been saved. Reading University is known nationally and internationally, particularly for subjects Agricultural Science & development, history, international relations, real estate, Italian, Meteorology and Psychology.
Sports
The university is at a number of sports, including tennis, hockey and squash, successfully. In 2007, the first hockey team of the men in the prestigious British University Sports Tournament, Dublin won hard. The rowing team, the Reading University Boat Club, has already won many awards and competitions, and can point to several Olympic medal winners, for example, Anna Bebington, Elise Laverick, Debbie Flood and Richard Egington. This is partly due to its proximity to the River Thames and the good university sports facilities on campus who enjoy the students.
Museums and botanical gardens
The University maintains four museums and a botanical garden. The largest and most famous of these is the Museum of English Rural Life, which is located on the London Road campus. The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, the Cole Museum of Zoology, the University of Reading Herbarium and the Harris Gardens are on the Whiteknights Campus of the University.
Famous alumni and faculty
- Stanislav Andreski ( born May 8, 1919 † 26 September 2007), a professor of sociology at the University of Reading
- Malcolm Barber, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Reading
- Arthur Brown ( b. 1942 ), British rock singer
- Michael Cox, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
- Jamie Cullum ( born 1979 ), British jazz pianist and singer
- Andrew Dobson ( born 1957 ), Professor of Political Science, University of Keele
- Jane F. Gardner, British Althistorikerin and professor emeritus of history at the University of Reading
- Robert Gillmor, ornithologist, author
- Colin S. Gray ( born 1943 ), Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, University of Reading
- Edward A. Guggenheim, British thermodynamicists
- Beatrice Heuser ( b. 1961 ), Professor of International Relations, University of Reading
- Sean Holly, Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
- Sir Brian Hoskins, Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading and Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London
- Edison James ( born 1943 ), Prime Minister of Dominica, 1995-2000
- Peter Kruschwitz (born 1973 ), professor of classical archeology
- Frauke Petry (* 1975), chemist and politician AfD
- Richard Rado (1906-1989), German mathematician
- Julian Richards, a British archaeologist and author
- Ian Rutherford, Professor of Ancient Greek
- Richard Sambrook, director of BBC World Service
- Avi Shlaim ( born 1945 ), Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
- Percy N. Ure ( born May 10, 1879 † April 3, 1950 ), British historian and professor of archeology at the University of Reading
- Julian Wagstaff (born 1970 ), composer
- Kevin Warwick (born 1954 ), Professor of Cybernetics, University of Reading
- Arthur Ernest Wilder -Smith (1915-1995), British chemist and creationist