Talk:Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Chancellor of the University of London
His interest in education (a subject associated with this office) led to his election (1856) as chancellor of the University of London, a post he held for thirty-five years; and he was a prominent champion of the movement for the admission of women, and also of the teaching of modern languages.

Whereas the Oxford DNB says it was only 15 years (1856-1871) and:

He used his casting vote to block the admission of women to the matriculation examination in 1862, though he seems to have moved to a position of bored acquiescence a few years later.

Negley Harte's history of the University only mentions Granville in image captions but has this for image 164 (page 141):

"The 2nd Earl Granville(1815-1891), the second (and longest serving) Chancellor of the University for thirty-five years from 1856 to 1891."

Which is correct? I'm going with Harte's dates for now. Timrollpickering 11:42, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

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