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Dedicated exclusively to human #Pathology, the #GordonMuseum at #KingsCollegeLondon is the UK's largest medical #Museum. It supports over 9.5K medical, dental & biomedical students, with approx. 8K curated specimens, historical artefacts, wax models, paintings & pioneering surgical tools. Founded in 1905 at #GuysCampus, it inc.lecture & study rooms & virtual terminals #KCLMedic
In Source: Hodgkin Building
Funded by a donation of £45K from British Lawyer & #KingsCollegeLondon benefactor #RobertGordon, the #GordonMuseum opened in 1905. A purpose-built teaching space & #Museum dedicated to #HumanDisease, Gordon’s #Philanthropy & patronage advanced #MedicalEducation & #Pathology at the #GuysCampus, & enabled new & improved forms of anatomy displays to be produced #KCLMedic
In Source: Hodgkin Building
Aged 27, #RobertBentleyTodd became a #KingsCollegeLondon Professor in 1836. A visionary physician & educator, he played a key role in the 1840 opening of #KingsCollegeHospital; launching #MedicalScholarships & modern clinical teaching. Through his advocacy, the Sisters of #StJohn's started nursing at the hospital - his reforms shaped a lasting #MedicalEducation legacy #KCLMedic
In Source: Robert Bentley Todd
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Inside the #JamesClerkMaxwellBuilding #KingsCollegeLondon #WaterlooCampus, the #FlorenceNightingaleFaculty is the world’s 1st school of nursing that is constantly connected to a fully serving hospital & medical school, a practise started at #StThomasHospital in 1860. Today the #Faculty leads global #Nursing, #Midwifery & #PalliativeCare education & research #KCLMedic #KCLWoman
In Source: #JamesClerkMaxwell BLD
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#JosephLister, the #FatherOfModernSurgery & Prof. of Clinical Surgery at #KingsCollegeLondon proved infection could be prevented. In 1877, he performed a groundbreaking antiseptic kneecap operation that shaped modern medical surgery. Though controversial, its success showed that by sterilising wounds & instruments with acid, deaths could be reduced from 46% to 15% #KCLMedic
In Source: #KingsCollegeHospital
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#KingsCollegeHospital is one of London’s leading #TeachingHospitals & trauma centres. Propelled by #RobertBentleyTodd’s vision, it opened in the disused #StClementDanes #Workhouse near #KingsCollegeLondon in 1840, where #JosephLister pioneered antiseptic surgery & clinical / nurse training #FlorenceNightingale. It relocated to its present site in 1909 #MedicalResearch #KCLMedic
In Source: #KingsCollegeHospital
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Tracing the development of #MedicalScience & #Medicine, from surgery, anatomy & public health, the #FoyleLibrary holds rare medical books from #KingsCollegeLondon’s School of Medicine & Dentistry. Located in the #MaughanLibrary, these historic volumes that were once kept in different hospital libraries, preserve centuries of scientific healing knowledge #KCLArchives #KCLMedic
In Source: The Maughan Library
Starting in a common room in 1873, the #KingsCollegeLondon #StudentUnion has relocated 3 times. The rising #KCLSU population after WW2, forced a move to the #CheshamHotel, renamed #CheshamBuilding after the University acquired it in 1945. It is now settled in the #MacadamBuilding, named after #IvisonMacadam, the founding president of the #NationalUnionOfStudents #KCLSUAction
In Source: Chesham Building
#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
In Source: King’s College London
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#DesmondTutu, #NobelPeacePrize laureate & former Archbishop of South Africa, studied theology at #KingsCollegeLondon in the 1960s & became a Fellow of the College. His legacy is woven into #KCLSU, inspiring generations to pursue social change through nonviolent protest. Today, Tutu’s bust in #BushHouse stands as a powerful symbol of moral courage on campus #KCLSUAction
In Source: Bush House
#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
In Source: King’s College London
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#VirginiaWoolf's bronze bust watches over #TavistockSquare where she once lived. She studied classics & history at #KingsCollegeLondon - students often pause to examine her thoughtful gaze. Her presence inspires & makes a connection to the past & through her potent #Feminist words, her legacy as one of the most influential 20th CE modernist authors lives on #KCLAlumni #KCLWoman
In Source: Virginia Woolf Statue
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The life-sized wax figure of #VirginiaWoolf in #KingsCollegeLondon watches every passing student. Armed with a copy of her seminal #Feminist book #ARoomOfOnesOwn she guards the atrium where women once needed permission to enter. Her lingering stare is haunting, it’s as if she is measuring how far we've come - a reminder to every scholar that: This space is yours now! #KCLWoman
In Source: #VirginiaWoolfBuilding
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#FlorenceNightingale started working at #StThomasHospital in 1860 with an aim to apply science to nursing. Today at #KingsCollegeLondon, her statue in the hospital’s hall observes student nurses as they study her #CoxcombCharts that prove sanitation saves lives. Her wartime hygiene manuals are kept in the archives, while the labs maintain her evidence-based standards #KCLWoman
In Source: #JamesClerkMaxwell BLD
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Young #VirginiaWoolf entered #KingsCollegeLondon in 1897, when women studied in the shadow of men. Now her name shines on the #VirginiaWoolfBuilding. I touch the cool stone walls she once passed & imagine her hurried steps. Her portrait watches as I move through gates that once barred her. This building is proof that courage builds doors where walls once stood. #KCLWoman
In Source: #VirginiaWoolfBuilding
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Inside the historic walls of #StThomasHospital, the innovative #FlorenceNightingale founded the world's 1st professional nursing school to move nursing from an untrained role to a respected profession. She transformed healthcare forever & the #FlorenceNightingaleFacultyofNursingMidwiferyPalliativeCare at #KingsCollegeLondon, continues to teach her pioneering methods #KCLWoman
In Source: St Thomas' Hospital
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#KCLInternationalLife Coming to #KingsCollegeLondon from abroad is a tough experience for many #InternationalStudents, but #KCLSU helps to make you feel at home. With offices at the #Strand, #Guys & #Waterloo Campus, it’s the oldest UK #StudentsUnion founded 1873. Starting at the #WelcomeFair, +400 societies & friendly faces - deepening at the #OneWorldFestival. Go: kclsu.org
In Source: #KCL Student Union
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#KCLInternationalLife Some days, silence hits hard. #Friends are asleep in other time zones, messages sent go unanswered & thoughts of home come uninvited. This is familiar #Heartache, for many #InternationalStudents. But the #KCLSUWellbeingHub offers #PeerSupport & space to sit, talk & be heard, so you do not feel alone. #KingsCollegeLondon There if needed: kclsu.org/wellbeing
In Source: #KCL Student Union
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The #MaughanLibrary is the main #ResearchLibrary of #KingsCollegeLondon & part of the #StrandCampus. Originally the headquarters of the #PublicRecordOffice, it was built in 1851 by the architect Sir #JamesPennethorne. Famed for its #GothicRevival architecture & strong-room design, it is the UK’s 1st purpose-built fireproof archive known as “The strong-box of the Empire.”
In Source: The Maughan Library
The #GothicHalls & Dodecagonal #ReadingRoom at the #MaughanLibrary features in #PopularCulture: #TheDaVinciCode, #EnolaHolmes & #ChineseArtist #JayChou #MusicVideo. For #InternationalStudents, it’s a place where familiar cultural symbols seen through mainstream media converge, igniting memories that connect us to our own home cultures #KCLInternationalLife #KingsCollegeLondon
In Source: The Maughan Library
Inspired by the #BritishMuseum design & added in 1863, the Dodecagonal #ReadingRoom at the #MaughanLibrary features a 12-sided ceiling that fans out from a centrepoint. Beneath the #StainedGlassDome, students converge in a communal space that reflects the multi-faceted & diverse paths we each draw, amidst the quiet ritual of study #KCLInternationalLife #KingsCollegeLondon
In Source: The Maughan Library
A statue of #ThomasGuy stands in the heart of #GuysCampus, he was a 17th CE bookseller & philanthropist who founded #GuysHospital in 1721 to realise his radical vision to care for “incurables.” Today, his statue watches over a campus of medical learning, reminding us that lasting change & impact can begin with a single act of compassion #KingsCollegeLondon #KCLMedic
In Source: Statue of Thomas Guy
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In the 1980s, students from #ChelseaCollege, now #KingsCollegeLondon, protested rising tuition fees & public education cuts at #LightfootHall. In alignment with the #NationalUnionOfStudents #NUS, they opposed austerity reforms that threatened access, equality & academic freedom. Once a frontline of student resistance, Lightfoot Hall is now #KCLStudentAccommodation #KCLSUAction
In Source: Lightfoot Hall
South of the #RiverThames, the #FlorenceNightingaleMuseum at #StThomasHospital tells the story of the “Lady with the lamp” including her Victorian childhood & fight for #GlobalHealth reform. Located inside her 1860 #NursingSchool, the Museum focuses on her #NursingLegacy, which continues to inspire care, science & social change #KingsCollegeLondon #StainedGlassWindow #KCLMedic
In Source: Florence Nightingale
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#StThomasHospital is a #NHS teaching hospital in Central London with a rich medical legacy. #FlorenceNightingale opened her school here in 1860, launching the 1st professional nursing education. The #Pavilion design maximises light & air, advancing global #Healthcare. Now part of #KingsCollegeLondon it stands opposite #HousesOfParliament, bridging history & innovation #KCLMedic
In Source: Home of Modern Nursing
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 Source: King’s College London
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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
In Source: King’s College London
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.
In Source: King’s College London
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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.
In Source: King’s College London
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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 Source: King’s College London
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