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THE adequate provision of university education for London is by no means the simple and straight-forward task which some people seem to imagine. From whichever of the many possible points of view the question of the education of London is considered, the anomalous position which has to be assigned to the greatest city in the world is the most noteworthy result of the investigation. If, for instance, an endeavour is made to estimate the comparative facilities offered for higher instruction in the metropolis with those to hand in other countries and in our own large provincial towns—judged on a basis of population—the results arrived at are as remarkable as they are interesting and instructive. The population of Scotland in 1896 was 4,186,849; yet located at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and St. Andrews are four well-equipped and largely endowed universities; while, in addition to these, is to be found at Dundee a college providing university education, and, though working with St. Andrews, in receipt of an annual grant of 1000l. from the Treasury. The population of the county of London was last year 4,504,766. If, as is done in the University of London Act, 1898, the towns within thirty miles of the university buildings are included, the population must be placed at a very much higher figure, viz. about six millions and three-quarters.
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Local University Colleges for London. Nature 60, 201–202 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060201a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/060201a0