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University of Southampton

LC control no.n 79072767
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingUniversity of Southampton
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Variant(s)Southampton, Eng. University
Southampton University
See alsoPredecessor: University College, Southampton
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Beginning date1952-04-29
Associated countryEngland
LocatedSouthampton (England)
Found inTraditions of intolerance, c1989: CIP acknowl. (Southampton University)
Comm. univ. yrbk. 1986: v. 1, p. 768 (University of Southampton; founded as Hartley University College, 1902 [no publs. in LC data base]; became University of Southampton in 1952)
Its website, 26 Oct. 2012: our history p. (the Univ. of Southampton developed from the Hartley Institution, the educational legacy of the heir of a family of successful wine merchants; financed by the bequest of Henry Robinson Hartley, the institute was officially opened on 15 Oct. 1862 in premises in High Street, Southampton; by the turn of the 20th century, the Institution had become Hartley College; became Hartley University College in Nov. 1902; on 20 June 1914, the renamed Southampton University College was officially opened at its new Highfield site; University of Southampton founded on 29 Apr. 1952)
Associated languageeng