Mason Science College

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Mason Science College was a 19th-century scientific and technical college in Birmingham, England, that became a key precursor to the modern University of Birmingham.

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instanceOf scientific college
technical college
architect Jethro Cossins
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture
buildingMaterial red brick
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1900
educationFocus biology
chemistry
engineering
medicine
physics
science
technical education
foundedBy Sir Josiah Mason
heritage foundation of modern University of Birmingham science faculties
inception 1875
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Birmingham
England
United Kingdom
West Midlands
locatedNear Birmingham Town Hall
Council House, Birmingham
locatedOn Paradise Street, Birmingham
mergedInto University of Birmingham
namedAfter Sir Josiah Mason
notableAlumni Ernest Rutherford
surface form: Ernest Rutherford (visitor and researcher associated with early university science)

Neville Chamberlain
Sir Oliver Lodge
opened 1879
partOf University of Birmingham
precursorOf University of Birmingham
significantEvent formation of the University of Birmingham in 1900

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University of Birmingham hasPredecessor Mason Science College
Charles Lapworth employer Mason Science College
Birmingham General Hospital affiliation Mason Science College
Queen's College, Birmingham mergedInto Mason Science College
John Henry Poynting employer Mason Science College
this entity surface form: Mason Science College, Birmingham
Lapworth employer Mason Science College
subject surface form: Charles Lapworth