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Our history. Today's Royal Holloway is formed from two colleges, founded by two social pioneers, Elizabeth Jesser Reid and Thomas Holloway. They were among the first places in Britain where women could access higher education.
The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway. Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria as an all-women college. It became a member of the University of London in 1900.
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In the beginning. Jon (admin) Cutter History. Thomas Holloway was a self-made multi-millionaire whose fortune had been made in patent medicines. He founded Royal Holloway College in 1879 after initiating a public debate inviting suggestions as to 'How best to spend a quarter of a million pounds or more'.
Storia. Fu fondata da Elizabeth Jesser Reid e Thomas Holloway, impegnati nello sviluppo dell'uguaglianza nello studio attraverso la fondazione di due università per donne, l' Bedford College a Londra e il Royal Holloway College nel Surrey (circa 25 km ad ovest di Londra ).
Royal Holloway, University of London, has its roots in two pioneering colleges for women, Royal Holloway College and Bedford College. Social reformer Elizabeth Jesser Reid founded Bedford College in 1849 while Royal Holloway was founded by Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist.
