University of Glasgow
In 1451, the University of Glasgow was founded in Glasgow, Scotland. It has an international reputation for being one of the finest schools in Scotland. It is a center for research and teaching to this day. It is among the largest universities in the English-speaking world and it is the fourth oldest. The University of Glasgow is one of the most prestigious learning centers in the United Kingdom. In the Sunday Times Scottish University of the year in 2007 and 2008, the University of Glasgow was featured. You can find the main campus of the University of Glasgow in the West End of Glasgow. There also a number of other buildings of the school located through out the city. There is a facility in Loch Lomond and the Crichton Campus in Dumfries, among many other institutions of the University of Glasgow.
The founder of the University of Glasgow is a papal bull of Pope Nicholas V; which was a suggestion of King James II, who gave permission to Bishop William Turnbull to add the University of Glasgow to the cathedral of the city. King James’s wish was to create two universities that were equal in status to the Oxford and Cambridge in England. The University of Glasgow is the second oldest school in Scotland, the first being a 1410 schools called University of St Andrews. Three ecclesiastical school foundations were the University of St Andrews, University of Glasgow and the University of Aberdeen. The University of Edinburgh was a civil foundation.
The University of Glasgow has been without its original Bull since the 16th century in 1560 due to a political unrest that developed along with the Scottish Reformation. Many archives and valuables, such as the Mace and the Bull, of the Cathedral and University of Glasgow were taken by the then Chancellor, Archbishop James Beaton, who fled to France. In 1590, the Mace was returned, but the archives were not. The Bull had been spotted in 1690 at the Scots College in Paris.
If you are ever Glasgow, it is a good idea to visit the University of Glasgow. It holds a lot of history and being in the presence of a royal and ancient society can prove to be rather fascinating.
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