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#JamesClerkMaxwell was a Professor of Natural #Philosophy at #KingsCollegeLondon in the 1860’s. A Physicist & Mathematician, his equations provide a unified & complete description of electricity, magnetism & light, to form the foundation for modern electrical, electronic, & photonic technologies, central to the development of #QuantumMechanics & #Einstein’s #TheoryofRelativity.
In Collection: Elata, Wheatstone & 3D
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#KCLSU took a bold step in 2005 when it registered as an independent charity to give students stronger representation. A year later, #KingsCollegeLondon became the 1st UK university to appoint students & non-students to the board of trustees. With elected Student Officers, Trustees & expert Lay Trustees, KCLSU set a new benchmark for student leadership & governance #KCLSUAction
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#KCLSU opened its doors to women for the first time in 1915, at a time when the number of male students was falling due to #WW1. The #StudentUnion at #KingsCollegeLondon faced collapse. Women rose to the challenge & organised events, started societies & kept the Union alive. Their leadership transformed campus life & proved that leadership knows no gender #KCLSUAction
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The marble statues of #Sappho & #Sophocles in the #StrandCampus foyer of #KingsCollegeLondon was gifted by Patron of the Arts #FridaMond in 1923. Named Poets of feeling & thought, they project our motto #SancteEtSapienter Holiness & Wisdom. Many pause here between lectures & languages, & sense in stillness & stone, #KCL values of dignity, thought & courage #KCLInternationalLife
In Collection: #KCLInternationalLife
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Originally named College Building, King's Building is Grade I listed & part of #KingsCollegeLondon #StrandCampus. Designed by #Architect Sir #RobertSmirke in 1829 to complete #SomersetHouse 2 marble statues of #Sappho & #Sophocles are in the foyer to symbolise the University’s motto “Sancte et Sapienter” Holiness & Wisdom #StrandAldwych https://www.kcl.ac.uk/visit/strand-campus
Sir #CharlesWheatstone was an English #Polymath & self-taught #Physicist #Inventor, who made important contributions to #Physics, #Electricity, #Acoustics & #Optics. Appointed Professor of Experimental #Philosophy at #KingsCollegeLondon in 1834, he applied the #ScientificMethod Sir #IsaacNewton defined during the #AgeofEnlightenment, to early 19th CE philosophical problems.
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#KingsCollegeLondon 1860–65: Professor’s #CharlesWheatstone & #JamesClerkMaxwell were colleagues working on #Electromagnetism in the same Physics Dept. A special time noted for Maxwell’s advances in #Electromagnetism & his #ElectromagneticInduction concept, & the polarisation of light in a magnetic field, a phenomenon discovered by #MichaelFaraday & known as the #FaradayEffect.
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#StrandStories an initiative by #KingsCollege #London has funded the development of a demonstrator prototype that places #Heritage content, researched & curated by KCL students, into the #StrandAldwych area. Here is a screenshot of a map built into the demonstrator prototype, produced by Robert Morgan of Playlines.net under the King’s College Fellowship Program
In Collection: Strand Stories
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