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Code	DS/UK/496
Name	Royal College of Chemistry; 1845-1872
Biography	The Royal College of Chemistry (RCC) waa baes on Oxford Streetl, central London. The original building was designed by English architect James Lockyer 1846. The College was founded to teach practical chemistry. It gained support of politicians including Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, Robert Peel and Prince Albert. The college was later merged into the Royal School of Mines in 1853. It was the first constituent college of Imperial College London and eventually became the Imperial College Chemistry Department.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_College_of_Chemistry (accessed 13/11/2019)

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MCR/15/16/6	Trinidad: Cultural products A-F	15 Feb 1856- 19 Jan 1904

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