The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the colleg
Cobden's House, Quay Street
Members of the Victoria Manchester University physical and electro-technical laboratories staff, 1910, including Ernest Marsden, back, second from right; William Wilson, middle row, third from left; Hans Geiger, middle row, second from right; Herbert Stansfield, seated, second from left; Professors Arthur Schuster and Ernest Rutherford, seated, centre.
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Richard Michael Mayall was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternativ
Victoria University of Manchester
…Since the later 1800s, many notable people have worked and studied at the Victoria University of Manchester as, for example, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. The motto of the university was Arduus ad solem, meaning "striving towards the sun". It is a metaphor for aspiring to enlightenment…
Mayall in 1999
Unofficial blue plaque to Mayall in Hammersmith, London