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sented by the foundation of the Armstrong College at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. This was quickly followed by the 

 establishment of the University College of Wales at 

 Aberystwyth in 1872 and the Yorkshire College at 

 Leeds in 1874. On the llth June, 1874, a public 

 meeting was held in the Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol, 

 with the object of promoting the establishment of a 

 college of science and literature for the West of England 

 and South Wales. The movement thus initiated was 

 supported by the influence and financial aid of the two 

 great Oxford colleges, Balliol and New College. Among 

 its most ardent promoters were the Master of Balliol 

 (the Rev. Dr. Jowett), the Headmaster of Clifton Col- 

 lege (the Rev. Dr. Percival, afterwards Bishop of Here- 

 ford), Mr. Lewis Fry, M.P., and Mr. Albert Fry, who 

 afterwards became the very active Chairman of Council, 

 together with several other Bristol citizens, among whom 

 may be mentioned William Killigrew Wait, who became 

 Vice-Chairman, and William Proctor Baker, who acted 

 as Treasurer. A second meeting was held the following 

 year, on the occasion of the meeting of the British 

 Association in Bristol, and in 1876 the College was 

 opened. The premises first occupied were situated in 

 Park Row, near the top of Park Street, and consisted of 

 a very old and dilapidated house where the classes 

 were carried on and a chemical laboratory fitted up 

 while the permanent buildings were in process of erection. 

 The first Professor of Chemistry was Dr. E. A. Letts, 

 who left at the end of 1879 on being appointed to the 



