Owens College
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Owens College was a prominent 19th-century higher education institution in Manchester, England, that later became a founding component of the Victoria University of Manchester.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Owens College canonical | 6 |
| Owens College, Manchester | 1 |
| Owens College, Manchester buildings | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
ⓘ
university college ⓘ |
| academicAffiliation | Victoria University ⓘ |
| admittedGender | initially male students only ⓘ |
| architectOfMainBuilding | Alfred Waterhouse ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian Gothic Revival
|
| became |
University of Manchester
ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria University of Manchester
|
| buildingMaterial | red brick ⓘ |
| category |
defunct universities and colleges in England
ⓘ
education in Manchester ⓘ history of Manchester ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1904 ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| endowmentAmount | approximately £96,654 ⓘ |
| endowmentFrom | John Owens ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| founder | John Owens ⓘ |
| fundingModel | endowed college ⓘ |
| governance | governed by a council of governors ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | precursor to the modern University of Manchester ⓘ |
| inception | 1851 ⓘ |
| influenced | development of red brick universities in England ⓘ |
| joinedVictoriaUniversity | 1880 ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| laterAdmitted | women students ⓘ |
| laterPartOf | University of Manchester ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Oxford Road
ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford Road (after relocation)
|
| mergedInto |
University of Manchester
ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria University of Manchester
|
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Owens ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first major non-residential university colleges in England
ⓘ
contributing to the development of civic university education in Manchester ⓘ |
| offeredProgram |
arts
ⓘ
law ⓘ medicine ⓘ science ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Quay Street, Manchester ⓘ |
| partOf | Victoria University ⓘ |
| region | North West England ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Oxford Road, Manchester ⓘ |
| relocationYear | 1873 ⓘ |
| roleInVictoriaUniversity | founding college ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
University of Manchester
ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria University of Manchester
|
| type | secular institution ⓘ |
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Subject: Owens College Description of subject: Owens College was a prominent 19th-century higher education institution in Manchester, England, that later became a founding component of the Victoria University of Manchester.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Owens College, Manchester buildings
subject surface form:
Francis Thompson
this entity surface form:
Owens College, Manchester