George Birkbeck (1776–1841)

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George Birkbeck, MD, was President of Birkbeck, 1823–1841. With others he established the London Mechanics Institute of which he was the first President. His association with the groundbreaking London institution was marked by it being renamed the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution in 1866 and this, in 1907, became known as Birkbeck College.

Birkbeck, University of London

London

Title

George Birkbeck (1776–1841)

Date

c.1830

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 123 x W 98.5 cm

Accession number

11

Acquisition method

presented to the college by executors of the will of the late Mrs Florence Birkbeck, 1955

Work type

Painting

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