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15 unusual facts about University of Canterbury


3563 Canterbury

This asteroid was discovered on March 23, 1985 by Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela M. Kilmartin, both from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Aldo Miccio

He graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (marketing and management).

Alexander William Bickerton

It became a centre for the social life of students at the Canterbury College.

He died on 21 January 1929 holding the title of Professor Emeritus of Canterbury College.

Professor Alexander William Bickerton (7 January 1842 – 21 January 1929) was the first professor of Chemistry at Canterbury College (now called the University of Canterbury) in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Benjamin Mountfort

Construction on the buildings for the Canterbury College, which later became the University of Canterbury, began with the construction of the clock tower block.

Beta Pictoris

In 2000, observations made with the Advanced Meteor Orbit Radar facility in New Zealand revealed the presence of a stream of particles coming from the direction of Beta Pictoris, which may be a dominant source of interstellar meteoroids in our solar system.

Carl A. Zimring

Before arriving at Roosevelt University, Zimring taught a variety of environmental history seminars at Oberlin College, and history surveys at Michigan Technological University and the University of Canterbury.

Christchurch Boys' High School

Established in 1881, the prime purpose of Christchurch Boys' High School was to prepare students for enrolment into the then newly formed Canterbury College, now known as the University of Canterbury.

Edgar Stead

His collection eventually came into the possession of the University of Canterbury, which maintains it as Ilam Gardens.

Funtime Comics

Funtime Comics was formed in 1990 by a group of comic artists and enthusiasts from the University of Canterbury.

Janet Pierrehumbert

Pierrehumbert is also affiliated with the Northwestern University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour at the University of Canterbury.

Pacific hagfish

Chris Glovet, at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, tested his theory by putting skin samples of the hagfish in between nutrient rich seawater and a solution similar to the hagfish's body fluids.

Tuarangia

Tuarangia is a minute bivalve which was first described in 1982 by David I. MacKinnon of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Veronica Buckley

In 1979 she graduated from the University of Canterbury with first class honours in French with philosophy, and was awarded a postgraduate scholarship in cultural and social history at the University of London.


Ann Ballin

She attended St Hilda's Collegiate School, Waikato Diocesan School, the University of Auckland and the University of Canterbury (MA).

Bruce Jesson

He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School (where he read Darwin's Origin of Species while a "lab boy" in the biology laboratory and became an atheist) and the University of Canterbury, where he gained a Bachelor's degree in law.

Cherry Wilder

Lockett attended Nelson Girls High School in Nelson and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch before first moving to Australia and then, in 1976 to Langen, Hessen, Germany.

Edward Somers

Somers was born in Christchurch in 1928, and was educated at Christ's College and the University of Canterbury, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws.

EU Centre in Singapore

in the “The EU through the Eyes of Asia” project of the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE), University of Canterbury.

Jerrold Levinson

He has also held visiting appointments in other countries, such as England (University of London and University of Kent), New Zealand (University of Canterbury), France (Université de Rennes), Belgium (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Portugal (Universidade de Lisboa) and Switzerland (Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana).

Michael N. Mautner

Mautner served as Associate and Assistant Professor at the Rockefeller University, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Marsden Fellow and Senior Research Fellow Lincoln University, and Research Chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Republican Association of New Zealand

When the Governor-General Bernard Fergusson was awarded an honorary degree later in 1966 by the University of Canterbury, the NZRA and around 400 supporters tried to block Worcester Street (which was on the Governor-General's route to the university), chanting "We object to the honorary degree, the honorary degree" to the tune of The Beatles Yellow Submarine.

Roy Kerr

Although there was no maths teacher there at the time he was able in 1951 to go straight into third year Mathematics at the Canterbury University College of the University of New Zealand, the precursor to the University of Canterbury.