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.

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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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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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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.

Arthur Stanley Eddington educatedAt Owens College
Alfred Waterhouse notableWork Owens College
this entity surface form: Owens College, Manchester buildings
William Stanley Jevons employer Owens College
Francis Thompson (English poet) educatedAt Owens College
subject surface form: Francis Thompson
this entity surface form: Owens College, Manchester
Lascelles Abercrombie educatedAt Owens College
Joseph Leese educatedAt Owens College