Talk:Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
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[edit] Chancellor of the University of London
His interest in education (a subject associated with this office) led to his election (1856) as chancellor of the University of London, a post he held for thirty-five years; and he was a prominent champion of the movement for the admission of women, and also of the teaching of modern languages.
Whereas the Oxford DNB says it was only 15 years (1856-1871) and:
He used his casting vote to block the admission of women to the matriculation examination in 1862, though he seems to have moved to a position of bored acquiescence a few years later.
Negley Harte's history of the University only mentions Granville in image captions but has this for image 164 (page 141):
"The 2nd Earl Granville(1815-1891), the second (and longest serving) Chancellor of the University for thirty-five years from 1856 to 1891."
Which is correct? I'm going with Harte's dates for now. Timrollpickering 11:42, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
