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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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addit
Victoria University of Manchester
…Trinity College, Cambridge 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…
Cumberbatch in 2025
During rehearsals for Frankenstein, April 2011
Filming Sherlock in Chinatown, London, March 2010
Cumberbatch at the premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, September 2011