Talk:King's College London
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Can we relocate this page to King's College London - that is the official name as on the website.
When was KCLSU founded? UCLU, founded 1893, claims to be the oldest in England, in direct contradiction to KCLSU's claim to be the oldest SU in london...--Si 17:12, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
in light of this (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/King's+College+London) page, I'm changing the article.--Si 17:17, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
- I've no idea about which student union is older, but that link is just an older copy of Wikipedia's content (note how similar the pages are). -- DrBob 17:34, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Mention needs to be made of the campus in Denmark Hill as well for completeness...
Name of Principal and Dean of relevance?
Created by a duel?
From Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington:
As Prime Minister, Wellington was the picture of the arch-conservative, though oddly enough the highlight of his term was Catholic Emancipation, the granting of almost full civil rights to Catholics in the United Kingdom. ... Lord Winchilsea accused the Duke of having "treacherously plotted the destruction of the Protestant constitution". Wellington responded by immediately challenging Winchilsea to a duel. The duel is also one of the reasons for the founding of King's College London. On March 21 1829, Wellington and Winchilsea met on Battersea fields. When it came time to fire, the Duke deliberately aimed wide and Winchilsea fired into the air. He subsequently wrote Wellington a grovelling apology.
Anyone know how that came to lead to KCL being founded? Timrollpickering 20:13, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Picture
Cornwall House is alright, but a picture of the Strand Building would be perfect. Anyone have one? --Coffeelover 10:30, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)