''Portrait of a University 1851–1951; to commemorate the centenary of Manchester University'' is a book written by H. B. Charlton to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the founding of

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, and published by

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. At the time of writing Henry Buckley Charlton (born 1890) had been John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature since 1921. It includes a chapter by

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and an essay by Edward Fiddes on the admission of women to full university status.Portrait; pp. 143-62

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1951 non-fiction books University of Manchester {{Edu-book-stub