Author: Charles Bruce Sissons
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487585693
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE first step towards the founding of Victoria University was taken in 1829 at the Conference of the Episcopal Methodist Church of Canada. It is here proposed in telling the story of the growth from small beginnings to depict the actors against the background of the social and political institutions of Canada.
Heritage
Author: Charles Bruce Sissons
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487585693
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE first step towards the founding of Victoria University was taken in 1829 at the Conference of the Episcopal Methodist Church of Canada. It is here proposed in telling the story of the growth from small beginnings to depict the actors against the background of the social and political institutions of Canada.
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487585693
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE first step towards the founding of Victoria University was taken in 1829 at the Conference of the Episcopal Methodist Church of Canada. It is here proposed in telling the story of the growth from small beginnings to depict the actors against the background of the social and political institutions of Canada.
Victoria College : A history revealed
Author: Sahar Hamouda
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247569
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is at once the history of a remarkable and fascinating phenomenon--a British-style public school rooted in Egyptian soil boasting such alumni as King Hussein of Jordan, Omar Sharif, and Edward Said--and a reflection of the spirit of Alexandria during the first half of the twentieth century. Its publication in October 2002 is timed to coincide with the school's centenary. Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. It was the brainchild of a group of British businessmen who formed the nucleus of Alexandria's small British community. Deliberately fashioned as an independent, secular school, open to anyone who could afford its fees, it attracted the children both of the elite--royalty, diplomats, magnates, politicians, landowners--and of very ordinary people. Its pupils came not only from all over Egypt, but from the entire Middle East and beyond. This immensely readable history is, in the first place, a book about and for the Old Victorians. In a series of colorful sketches, backed by plentiful quotation from documents in the school archives, a series of engaging and distinguished characters come to life, not least Victoria's first two headmasters, C.R. Lias and his successor R.W.G. Reed--the two men whose enlightened vision and skillful leadership made the school what it was. Yet at the same time, this is a book whose appeal extends far beyond its immediate subject matter. In the process of putting together the story of a school, the authors have uncovered a wealth of material that will interest Middle East and postcolonial scholars as well as educationists, social historians, and students of human nature.
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247569
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is at once the history of a remarkable and fascinating phenomenon--a British-style public school rooted in Egyptian soil boasting such alumni as King Hussein of Jordan, Omar Sharif, and Edward Said--and a reflection of the spirit of Alexandria during the first half of the twentieth century. Its publication in October 2002 is timed to coincide with the school's centenary. Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. It was the brainchild of a group of British businessmen who formed the nucleus of Alexandria's small British community. Deliberately fashioned as an independent, secular school, open to anyone who could afford its fees, it attracted the children both of the elite--royalty, diplomats, magnates, politicians, landowners--and of very ordinary people. Its pupils came not only from all over Egypt, but from the entire Middle East and beyond. This immensely readable history is, in the first place, a book about and for the Old Victorians. In a series of colorful sketches, backed by plentiful quotation from documents in the school archives, a series of engaging and distinguished characters come to life, not least Victoria's first two headmasters, C.R. Lias and his successor R.W.G. Reed--the two men whose enlightened vision and skillful leadership made the school what it was. Yet at the same time, this is a book whose appeal extends far beyond its immediate subject matter. In the process of putting together the story of a school, the authors have uncovered a wealth of material that will interest Middle East and postcolonial scholars as well as educationists, social historians, and students of human nature.
Victoria University of Wellington, 1899-1999
Author: Rachel Barrowman
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733696
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733696
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Victoria University College
The Academy for Lifelong Learning at Victoria University
A History of the Port Phillip District
Author: A. G. L. Shaw
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 9780522850642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This account of European settlement in the modern state of Victoria, Australia, spans developments from the first convict camp established in 1803 on the Bass Strait to the contemporary separation of the district from New South Wales. Aborigines, whalers, adventurers, squatters, speculators, and immigrants figure into this history of Victoria before the gold rush. The stories of such key leaders as John Baton and John Pascoe Fawkner offer insight into the founding of Melbourne, the economic depression and recovery of the 19th century, and the social progress of the 20th century. Details are drawn from primary sources including correspondence between officials in Melbourne, Sydney, and London and newspapers from Batman, Swanston, the Port Phillip Association, and La Trobe.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 9780522850642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This account of European settlement in the modern state of Victoria, Australia, spans developments from the first convict camp established in 1803 on the Bass Strait to the contemporary separation of the district from New South Wales. Aborigines, whalers, adventurers, squatters, speculators, and immigrants figure into this history of Victoria before the gold rush. The stories of such key leaders as John Baton and John Pascoe Fawkner offer insight into the founding of Melbourne, the economic depression and recovery of the 19th century, and the social progress of the 20th century. Details are drawn from primary sources including correspondence between officials in Melbourne, Sydney, and London and newspapers from Batman, Swanston, the Port Phillip Association, and La Trobe.
VICTORIA UNIV OF MANCHESTER
Author: University of Manchester
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781373139375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781373139375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Victoria History of the Counties of England
Author: William Page
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Creative Victoria
Author: Rachel Barrowman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781776562060
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Creativity isn't all about individual inspiration and work. It sparks from the cross-fertilization of energy and imagination and ideas, and thrives in institutional, social, and cultural places that recognize the worth of cultural activity and creative expression, and that make room for and foster it. Over 119 years (and counting) Victoria University has made huge contributions to the cultural and creative life of Wellington and New Zealand, and beyond--in music, art, theatre, film, architecture, creative literature and publishing. It has actively sought to encourage creative thinking and creative expression--in a diversity of forms, across a diversity of fields--and to establish the creative arts as not only a legitimate but a vital part of the institution and its work. This is a story not only of the creative activity that has come out of Victoria, but also of the university's role as a custodian of cultural treasures, and of its engagement with creative and cultural life beyond its doors. It is a rich and distinctive history, one of which the University can be proud.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781776562060
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Creativity isn't all about individual inspiration and work. It sparks from the cross-fertilization of energy and imagination and ideas, and thrives in institutional, social, and cultural places that recognize the worth of cultural activity and creative expression, and that make room for and foster it. Over 119 years (and counting) Victoria University has made huge contributions to the cultural and creative life of Wellington and New Zealand, and beyond--in music, art, theatre, film, architecture, creative literature and publishing. It has actively sought to encourage creative thinking and creative expression--in a diversity of forms, across a diversity of fields--and to establish the creative arts as not only a legitimate but a vital part of the institution and its work. This is a story not only of the creative activity that has come out of Victoria, but also of the university's role as a custodian of cultural treasures, and of its engagement with creative and cultural life beyond its doors. It is a rich and distinctive history, one of which the University can be proud.
A Radical Tradition
Author: Stephen Derek Hamilton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877228728
Category : Student activities
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
" From humble beginnings in rented rooms at the close of the nineteenth century, through world wars, economic depression, the rise of the counter-culture, and mass mobilisations against racism and war, down to the battle against user-pays in the 1990's, the history o fthe students' association at Victoria University of Wellington is a colourful and vibrant story of young people in pursuit of a radical tradition." --Back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877228728
Category : Student activities
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
" From humble beginnings in rented rooms at the close of the nineteenth century, through world wars, economic depression, the rise of the counter-culture, and mass mobilisations against racism and war, down to the battle against user-pays in the 1990's, the history o fthe students' association at Victoria University of Wellington is a colourful and vibrant story of young people in pursuit of a radical tradition." --Back cover.