The Talk of the Toon

Picture Archive: Education

Newcastle University's Armstrong Building, named after Tyneside engineer and industrialist William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900). In 1871, Armstrong founded the College of Physical Science, one of the institutions that would later give rise to the University. The college was renamed Armstrong College in 1904.

Image: Andrew Curtis 2010 (CC BY-SA)
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1761955