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Also Known As Victoria University of Manchester
Date 1880 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Sir Frederic Williams • J.J. Thomson • Benedict Cumberbatch • Alex Garland • Ben Elton • Simon Johnson • Samia Suluhu Hassan • Rik Mayall • Rami Hamdallah • James Lovelock • Norman Foster • Simon Armitage • Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies • James Chadwick • Stanley Keith Runcorn • Sir Norman Haworth • James Prescott Joule • Robert Bolt • Sir John Douglas Cockcroft • Sir Robert Robinson • Sir Frank Worrell • Kasimir Fajans

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