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Il King's College London, conosciuto principalmente come King's o KCL, è uno dei due college fondatori dell'University of London, e la quarta più antica università britannica, essendo stato fondato nel 1829 dal Re Giorgio IV e dal duca di Wellington, e tra i più prestigiosi atenei nel mondo. Il King's rappresenta un centro accademico e di ...
- 1829
- Londra
- Sancte et Sapienter
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. [7] [8] In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. [9]
- 1829 (earliest recorded teaching in medical school 1561)
- Latin: Sancte et Sapienter
- With Holiness and Wisdom
King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. We are dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place.
3 giorni fa · King's is ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK (QS World Rankings 2021) and based in the heart of London. With nine faculties, institutes and schools of study and five Medical Research Council centres, King's offers world-class teaching and research.
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Early history
King's was originally opened in 1840 in the disused St Clement Danes workhouse in Portugal Street close to Lincoln's Inn Fields and King's College London itself. It was used as a training facility where medical students of King's College could practice and receive instruction from the college's own professors. The surrounding area there was composed of overcrowded slums characterised by poverty and disease. Within two years of opening, the hospital was treating 1,290 inpatients in 120 beds, w...
Modern history
Following the creation of the National Health Service in 1948, the hospital was granted Teaching Hospital status. In 1974 the NHS re-organisation saw King's become the centre for all health services management in its catchment area. The hospital's medical school was reunited with King's College in 1983 to form King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry. A purpose-built medical education centre, the Weston Education Centre, was built in 1997 and contains a medical library as well as hosti...
The hospital is situated mainly on Bessemer Road, which is completely contained within the hospital grounds. Although the classically-styled Hambleden Wing Entrance is still the official main entrance, the Golden Jubilee Wing Entrance about 100m to the north-east has become the de facto main entrance, due to it being directly opposite Caldecot Road...
On the opposite side of the A215 (Denmark Hill) is the Maudsley psychiatric hospital, which has close links with King's. The Institute of Psychiatry is nearby and many doctors at King's collaborate with their academic colleagues in carrying out research in conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Motor neurone disease. The Denmark Hill Campus of ...
The hospital was featured in Channel 4's documentary 24 Hours in A&E from 11 May 2011 to 16 June 2014. The documentary focuses on the hospital's accident and emergency department and is filmed using 70 different cameras strategically placed to capture the workings of the department without interference.It was also featured in Louis Theroux's 2016 d...
James W. Black – 1924–2010 Nobel Prize for Medicinewinner 1988 for his contribution to discoveries of important principles for drug treatmentJohn Leonard Dawson – 1932–1999 Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Householdof the United KingdomReita Faria – Indian model and Miss World 1966King's College London was granted a royal charter in 1829 by its patron, King George IV. Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence. The history of King's College London, on its own, spans over 190 years since it was founded as a 'university college' by royal charter in 1829.
King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities, founded within the tradition of the Church of England by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington who granted our royal charter in 1829. King's has a proud history of inspiring and supporting those who seek to solve the world's most pressing problems.
