Queen Victoria
Biography of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, reigned from 1837 until her death. She founded four chairs at the University and contributed to the cost of building the new University buildings on Gilmorehill.
Victoria founded the Regius Chairs of Forensic Medicine and Theory of Physic in 1839, although the chairs were not endowed. She established the Regius Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics in 1840. The Regius Chair of English Language and Literature was founded in 1861.
The physician David Daniel Davis (1777-1841), a graduate of the University, was in attendance to the Duchess of Kent at the birth of the future Queen Victoria in 1819.
Summary
Queen Victoria
Born 24 May 1819.
Died 22 January 1901.
University Link: Benefactor
GU Degree:
Occupation categories: monarchs
NNAF Reference: GB/NNAF/P159519
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Record last updated: 14th Aug 2018
University Connections
University Roles
- Benefactor
Academic Posts
Professorships:
- Civil Engineering (Regius Chair)
- Divinity and Biblical Criticism
- English Language and Literature (Regius Chair)
- Forensic Medicine (Regius Chair)
- Physiology (Regius Chair)
Honours
On This Day Entries
- Queen Victoria's Visit to Queen Margaret College (August 24 1888)
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