Queen's College, Birmingham
Queen's College was a medical school in central Birmingham, England, and a predecessor college of the University of Birmingham. It was founded by surgeon William Sands Cox in 1825 as The Birmingham Medical School, a residential college for medical students. Cox's ambition was for the college to teach arts, law, engineering, architecture and general science. It was the first Birmingham institution to award degrees, through the University of London.
Queen's College on Paradise Street as viewed from Chamberlain Square.
The grade II listed 1904 façade of Queen's College on Paradise Street
The original Queen's College in Paradise Street
Sir Bertram Windle
The University of Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham, and Mason Science College, making it the first English civic or 'red brick' university to receive its own royal charter, and the first English unitary university. It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21.
A view across Chancellor's Court, towards the Law building
Ceiling of the Aston Webb building
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Friezes on the Aston Webb building