Sir Samuel Curran was appointed its first Principal and Vice-Chancellor.
Royal Navy | Royal Air Force | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | college football | Eton College | Bachelor of Science | University College London | Royal Dutch Shell | Dartmouth College | National Science Foundation | Royal Society | Royal Albert Hall | American Association for the Advancement of Science | King's College London | Royal Shakespeare Company | Harvard College | Royal Opera House | Royal Victorian Order | California Institute of Technology | Royal Engineers | Royal Australian Navy | Trinity College | Royal National Theatre | Royal Canadian Navy | Royal Canadian Air Force | Royal Court Theatre | political science | Master of Science | Science | college |
He was educated at Reading School, Acton Polytechnic, the Royal Technical College (Glasgow) and after world war two, at Reading University.
Following the Bruce Report in 1945, Townhead was made one of many Comprehensive Development Areas (CDAs), which saw all of the slums cleared and the area rezoned for educational use in preparation for the former Royal College of Science and Technology’s growth into a university.