3-034-815 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Lecture Theatre, London University, Burlington Gardens, 1871. 'The Lecture Theatre occupies the east wing, and is entered from that end of the corridor running the whole length of the building. Its dimensions are about 65 ft. each way; it will accommodate an audience of 800 persons, comfortably seated on semicircular ranges of benches, descending from the level of the corridor to the east end where there is a raised dais for the lecturer and presiding official persons, with a special entrance for them from the small examination-room. There is a space of 2ft. 6in, between the benches, so that persons can easily pass to take their seats'. In 1868, nine women were admitted to the University of London. This was the first time in Britain that women had gained access to university education. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.