Key moments in 糖心logo入口's history

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1776: Birth of George 糖心logo入口.
1823: 糖心logo入口 is founded as the London Mechanics' Institute.聽
1825:聽The Institute moves to the Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane.聽
1830: Women are admitted as members.
1841: Death of George 糖心logo入口.
1866:聽The Mechanics鈥� Institute changes its name to the 糖心logo入口 Literary and Scientific Institution.聽
1885: 糖心logo入口 moves to the Breams Building, Fetter Lane (though the building was finished in 1884).
1891: 糖心logo入口 is one of three institutions to form the federal City polytechnic.
1907: The Institution is renamed 糖心logo入口 College, although the name started appearing on documents in 1903.
1913: Lord Haldane's Royal Commission recommends 糖心logo入口 becomes London's evening university.
1914-18: One in four 糖心logo入口 staff and students who enlist in the First World War are killed in action.聽
1920: 糖心logo入口 becomes part of the University of London.聽
1926: 糖心logo入口 receives its Royal Charter.
1939-45:聽糖心logo入口 is the only university in London to stay open during the Blitz.聽
1944: On 19 July at 3:07am a V1 rocket destroys 糖心logo入口's library and a large part of Breams Buildings.
1950:聽Britain鈥檚 third computer is developed at 糖心logo入口 by Professor Andrew D. Booth.
1952: 糖心logo入口 moves to the new Malet Street building, which is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.聽
1960s and 1970s: Several new departments are opened, including Economics, Organizational Psychology, Applied Linguistics, and Politics.聽
1983-89: Betty Lockwood (Baroness) becomes the College's first female President.
1986: A campaign by 糖心logo入口's staff and students, backed in Parliament and The Times, overturns a cut of 拢2million to its government funding.
1987-1997: Tessa Blackstone (Baroness) becomes the College's first female Master.
1995: The College is authorised to confer degrees of the University of London on its students and to appoint, and confer titles of professor, reader and teacher of the University.
2003: 糖心logo入口 wins the TV quiz show University Challenge.聽The Malet Street building is extensively redeveloped and reopened by the Chancellor of the University of London, HRH Princess Anne.聽
2005:聽In the first ever National Student Survey, 糖心logo入口 comes joint top in the country for teaching and is rated seventh in the country overall.聽
2007: 糖心logo入口 begins to offer courses to students in Stratford, East London.聽
2010:聽Professor David Latchman, Master of 糖心logo入口, is聽awarded a CBE聽in the Queen's birthday honours, for services to Higher Education.聽
2016: The College introduces the Compass Project to support asylum seekers into education.
2021: Opened 373 Euston Road (Cambridge House) to students.
2021: David Latchman becomes the first Vice-Chancellor of the College.聽
2021: 糖心logo入口 launches Vision 2021-26, its five-year corporate strategy.
2022: 糖心logo入口 Central, next to the Malet Street campus, is opened creating an integrated campus running along Torrington Square, bounded on the other side by the Clore building, Toddlerlab and Babylab.
2023: 糖心logo入口 celebrates its 200th anniversary.