Queen Elizabeth College (QEC) was a college in London. It had its origins in the Ladies' (later Women's) Department of

King's College, London 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. In 1836, King's ...

, England, opened in 1885 but later accepted men as well. The first King's 'extension' lectures for ladies were held at

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in 1871, and from 1878 in

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, with chaperones in attendance. In 1881, the Council resolved 'to establish a department of King's College, London, for the higher education of women, to be conducted on the same principles as the existing departments of education at this college'. By 1886, the King's College, London Ladies' Department had 500 students. In 1902 it became the King's College, London Women's Department and in 1908 King's College for Women. In 1907 lectures were given in subjects then thought to be specially relevant to women, such as 'the economics of health' and 'women and the land', and in 1908 systematic instruction in household and social sciences began.King's College London – ·History of QEC
/ref> In 1915, the Household and Social Science Department of King's College for Women opened at

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, Kensington, while other departments were transferred to the Strand site. In 1928 the department became completely independent as King's College of Household and Social Science, and in 1953 it received a royal charter, its name was changed to Queen Elizabeth College and men were admitted for the first time. The college became distinguished for its teaching and research in nutrition, physiology, hygiene and microbiology. It was recognised as a School of the

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in 1956. The original Campden Hill Road buildings combined both the lecture theatres, laboratories and library but also included the only Hall of residence – Queen Mary Hall. By the late 1960s the expansion of student numbers and the need for additional laboratory capacity necessitated the construction of a new Building – the Atkins building located on Campden Hill, behind the main college.

Merger with King's College London

QEC reunited with

King's College London 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. In 1836, King's ...

in 1985, and the Kensington campus became associated with

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. However, the campus was closed and sold in 2000 with the contents being decanted to the Franklin-Wilkins Building. Part of the campus has subsequently been converted into Academy Gardens, apartments which retain some QEC branding.

College newsletter

''Envoy'' is the annual

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of Queen Elizabeth College. The Queen Elizabeth College alumni/old student association organises a reunion every year.

Academic staff

Alan Ebringer Alan Ebringer B.Sc, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FRCPath (born 12 February 1936) is an Australian immunologist, professor at King’s College in the University of London. He is also an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist in the Middlesex Hospital, now part o ...

, immunologist *

John Yudkin John Yudkin Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC (8 August 1910 – 12 July 1995) was a British physiology, physiologist and nutritional science, nutritionist, and the founding Professor of the Department of Nutrition at Queen Elizabe ...

, physiologist and nutritionist *

Garth Chapman Professor Garth Chapman (8 October 1917 – 1 November 2003) was an academic and author in the field of zoology. He enjoyed a long career in the University of London, culminating in his Professorship of Zoology at Queen Elizabeth College from 195 ...

, academic, author and zoologist * William B. Bonnor, mathematician and gravitation physicist *

Alice Copping Alice Copping (14 May 1906 – 16 January 1996http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=877556&fileId=S0007114596001249 An Appreciation: Alice Mary Copping) was senior lecturer in nutrition, Queen Elizabeth Colleg ...

, nutritionist *

Christopher Dainty Christopher Dainty is a professor who researches optical imaging, scattering and propagation. In these areas he has published books: ''Scattering in Volumes and Surfaces'' (1989, co-edited with M Nieto-Vesperinas), ''Laser Speckle and Related Phe ...

, physicist * K. Kunaratnam, physicist and academician

Notable alumni

Radclyffe Hall Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author, best known for the novel ''The Well of Loneliness'', a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall often went by the name Jo ...

, poet and author *

Nancy Rothwell Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell (born 2 October 1955) is a British physiologist. She has served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester since July 2010, having served as Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor until Janua ...

, physiologist and academician *

Devendra Prasad Gupta Devendra Prasad Gupta (; 2 January 1933 – 26 December 2017) was an Indian pre-democratic political sufferer, botanist and academician. Early life and education Hailing and raised from a family of Vaidhraj commonly termed as olden Ayurvedic ...

, botanist and academician *

Sheila Rodwell Sheila Rodwell OBE (née Harrison; March 7, 1947 – June 16, 2009), known professionally by her first married name Sheila Bingham, was a British nutritional epidemiologist known for conducting detailed studies into clarify the biological mech ...

, nutritional epidemiologist *

Joel Mandelstam Joel Mandelstam FRS (13 November 1919 – 20 December 2008) was a British microbiologist, a Professor, at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He was a pioneer in using bacteria to study fundamental biological ph ...

, microbiologist *

Qui-Lim Choo Qui-Lim Choo is a Singapore-born scientist, who along with Michael Houghton, George Kuo and Daniel W. Bradley, co-discovered and cloned Hepatitis C in 1989. He also co-discovered the Hepatitis D genome in 1986. The discovery of Hepatitis C led to ...

, co-discoverer of

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and of the

Hepatitis D Hepatitis D is a type of viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV). HDV is one of five known hepatitis viruses: A, B, C, D, and E. HDV is considered to be a satellite (a type of subviral agent) because it can propagate only in ...

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* Pegaret Anthony, artist * Keith Campbell, biologist

References

External links

QEC Alumni Association
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