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BIRMINGHAM.—The celebration of the jubilee of Mason College and the thirtieth anniversary of the granting of a charter to the University commenced on Oct. 13. The Chancellor, the Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, in the course of his address, referred to the foundation in 1880, by Sir Josiah Mason, of Mason College as a college of science and technical knowledge for Birmingham, at a cost of £200,000. The College became the University in 1900, and the first principal was Sir Oliver Lodge, who was present at the celebrations. The honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred on the following, among others: Sir Henry Hadow, Sir William Hardy, Sir Thomas Lewis, and Dr. F. E. Smith.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 126, 632–633 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126632b0
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