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18 unusual facts about University of Hull


4-Cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl

5CB was first synthesized by George William Gray, Ken Harrison, and J.A. Nash at the University of Hull in 1972 and at the time it was the first member of the cyanobiphenyls.

Abu Hassan Omar

He received his early education at the Malay School of Bukit Belimbing (1946–1950) before furthering his studies at Klang High School (1951–1957), Malay College Kuala Kangsar (1958–1959) and University of Hull, England (1960–1963 and 1971–1973).

Alhassan Bako Zaku

He went to the University of Hull, England in 1981, obtaining a Doctorate in 1983 in Science and Technical Education.

Are You Not Entertained?

As part of the Radio 1/Radio 1Xtra Hull takeover, Rotten performed the tracks "Keep it on a Low" and "Are You Not Entertained?" on 28 January - joining DJ Trevor Nelson at Hull University.

Ashis Nandy

Nandy has been a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., a Charles Wallace Fellow at the University of Hull, and a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, University of Edinburgh.

Bhikhu Parekh

He taught at the London School of Economics and at the University of Glasgow before finding a long-term position at the University of Hull.

Centre for Magnetic Resonance Investigations

The centre carries out both cancer research studies, under the auspices of the University of Hull, and clinical scanning, under the auspices of the local NHS trust, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals.

Ferdinand von Prondzynski

From 1991 to 2000 von Prondzynski was Professor of Law in the University of Hull; for much of that time he was also a Dean – first of the School of Law, and latterly of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

A German-born Irish citizen, he is a former lecturer and Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin, and was later both a Professor and a Dean at the University of Hull, before serving as the high profile second President of Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland from 2000 to 2010.

John Carroll University

John Carroll University's Exchange Programs include the International Student Exchange Program, and programs at Kansai Gaidai University, Nanzan University and Sophia University, all in Japan as well as the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany and University of Hull, England.

Keep It on a Low

As part of the Radio 1/Radio 1Xtra Hull takeover, Rotten performed the tracks "Keep It on a Low" and "Are You Not Entertained" on 28 January – joining DJ Trevor Nelson at Hull University.

Lester L. Grabbe

Lester L. Grabbe is a retired American scholar and Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, England.

Marcus Wibberley

He was appointed Organ Scholar at Chichester Cathedral in 1999 and later to the same position at York Minster in 2003 after graduating from the University of Hull with a First in Music (majoring in performance).

Marine Girls

From 1982, Thorn concentrated on her studies and her growing personal and professional relationship with fellow Hull student Ben Watt (who had contributed a photograph for the cover of Lazy Ways album).

Meare Lake Village

A ground-penetrating radar survey was undertaken in 1998 by the Centre for Wetland Archaeology at the University of Hull when coring was also undertaken by Exeter University.

Rajorshi Chakraborti

He attended the Lester B. Pearson United World College in Victoria, B.C., Canada, the University of Hull where he was awarded the Philip Larkin Prize, and the University of Edinburgh where he completed his doctoral studies in African and Indian Literature.

Signe Tollefsen

She eventually gave up classical song, for studies in philosophy at the University of Hull, when she started singing her own songs in public at Hull's infamous underground club "The Adelphi".

Uwe Wagschal

Lecturer and Research Associate at the University of Heidelberg (1994-1997); Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Universities of Heidelberg and Bremen (1997-2001); visiting fellowships at the Universities of Amsterdam, Hull (UK), and Colchester (UK).


Beverley Road

Beverley Road is home to a significant proportion of Hull's student community, given its proximity to the University of Hull, and the former Humberside campus of the University of Lincoln.

Brian Woledge

Woledge held lectureships at the University of Hull and the University of Aberdeen before being appointed at the age of 35 to the Fielden Chair of French in University College London, where he headed up the French department until his retirement in 1971.

Goole High School

Prof Edwin Dawes, Reckitt Professor of Biochemistry from 1963-90 at the University of Hull (Head of Biochemistry from 1963–86), Editor from 1976–81 of the Journal of General Microbiology and from 1958-65 of the Biochemical Journal, and Chairman since 1995 of the Philip Larkin Society

Jeremy Weate

Jeremy Weate (born in 1969 in Wheaton Aston) studied philosophy at the University of Hull, the University of Liège and the University of Warwick, graduating with a PhD in philosophy from Warwick in 1998.

Jonathan Israel

He was named Sir James Knott Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970, and in 1972 he moved to the University of Hull where he was first an assistant lecturer then a lecturer in Early Modern Europe.

Maurits van Rooijen

He taught by invitation for extended periods at several universities worldwide, such as University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge University, University of Hull, University College London, Bergen University Norway, University of Hanover Germany, Vienna University of Technology Austria, and has held professorships at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Beijing Union University, Victoria University, Australia, Nyenrode Business University.

Peter Fahy

Fahy holds a degree in French and Spanish from the University of Hull, and a Masters degree from the University of East Anglia.

Peter Womersley

However, his practice began to take off in 1961 when he won the competition to design the Roxburgh County Offices (now the headquarters of Scottish Borders Council), and also gained a commission for a sports centre at the University of Hull.

Publication of Domesday Book

It was built by Professor John Palmer and his son Matthew at the University of Hull using Microsoft Access as the platform between 1986 and 2008.

Robert D. Macredie

Macredie was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire and attended Broom Valley junior and infants' school, Oakwood Comprehensive School, and Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, before an undergraduate degree in Physics and Computer Science at the University of Hull.

Tony Attwood

He received an honours degree in psychology from the University of Hull, an M.A. in clinical psychology from the University of Surrey, and a Ph.D. from University College London under Uta Frith.