University of Hertfordshire
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The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a public university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was identified as one of 25 Colleges of Technology in the United Kingdom in 1959. In 1992, Hatfield Polytechnic was granted university status by the British government and subsequently renamed University of Hertfordshire. It is one of the post-1992 universities.
Hatfield Technical College c. 1952
Hatfield Polytechnic c. 1969
Sir Geoffrey De Havilland with a model of his 'Comet' jet airliner
Main Building at de Havilland Campus
De Havilland
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The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
Building Mosquito aircraft at the de Havilland factory in Hatfield, 1943
The first de Havilland DH106 Comet prototype at Hatfield in 1949, a symbol of the new technological age.
The de Havilland Biplane No. 2 or F.E.1 in flight, circa 1911
A de Havilland Airco DH9 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 2008