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Discover the past of King's College London to help shape the future

Explore the multiple histories of King's College London and their complex connections to life in London, Britain and across the world.

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The 13 Moments

Explore the pivotal moments in King’s College history

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    1721 Money, global trade and slavery in the creation of Guy’s
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    1828 The financial and political networks which created King’s
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    1853 The crisis of Anglicanism in the mid-nineteenth-century
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    1857 War, nineteenth-century empire and conservative empire
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    1862 Knowledge for industry and science
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    1882 Race, Civilisation and Culture
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    1885 Women's education
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    1900 King's and the Staffing of empire
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    1919 Crises of empire
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    1946 Education for the nation
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    1964 King’s and Decolonisation
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    1979 King’s at 150
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