"'FIRST" UWO Graduation Class - London, Ontario, Canada
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Keldar5
N 43° 00.356 W 081° 16.516
17T E 477565 N 4761510
A marker for the "First" Graduating class at UWO.
Waymark Code: WMTQGY
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/30/2016
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The stone states:
Presented by Arts25. The first class to graduate from University of Western Ontario on this site. May 26, 1925.
From the website(http://www.uwo.ca/about/whoweare/history.html ):
Founded on March 7, 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth (1817–1901) of the Anglican Diocese of Huron, ‘The Western University of London Ontario’ opened its doors to students for the first time in 1881 with four faculties – Arts, Divinity, Law and Medicine.
In 1916, the current campus was purchased from the Kingsmill family, and in 1923 the university was renamed The University of Western Ontario.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/06/1925
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