University of the Cape of Good Hope
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The University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed the University of South Africa
in 1916, was created by Act 16 of 1873 of the Cape of Good Hope Parliament. Modelled on the University of London
, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates. Today, this function still exists within the Department of Music where, for over 100 years, music pupils have been examined.
University of South Africa
The University of South Africa is a distance education university, with headquarters in Pretoria, South Africa. With approximately 300 000 enrolled students, it qualifies as one of the world's mega universities.-History:...
in 1916, was created by Act 16 of 1873 of the Cape of Good Hope Parliament. Modelled on the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates. Today, this function still exists within the Department of Music where, for over 100 years, music pupils have been examined.
List of Chancellors
- 1874-1876:
- 1876–1880: The Hon. William PorterWilliam PorterWilliam Franklin Porter II was an American athlete, winner of 110 metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics....
- 1880–1884: The Right Hon. Sir Henry Bartle Edward FrereHenry Bartle FrereSir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCSI, was a British colonial administrator.-Early life:Frere was born at Clydach House, Clydach, Monmouthshire, the son of Edward Frere, manager of Clydach Ironworks...
- 1884–1890: The Right Hon. the Earl of CarnarvonHenry Herbert, 4th Earl of CarnarvonHenry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, PC, DL, FSA, FRS , known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party...
- 1890–1898: Sir Langham Dale
- 1898–1901: The Hon. Mr Justice Charles Thomas Smith
- 1901–1912: H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and YorkGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
(the future George V) - 1912-1918: Field-Marshal H.R.H. Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...