University of Reading
From LGBT Archive
The University of Reading was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, and received its royal charter as a university in 1926. Its main campus is at Whitenights Park, about two miles south of Reading town centre. Its departments include the Henley Business School.
LGBT societies
There was a Reading Students CHE Group in the 1970s.
Alumni and staff
- Peter Campbell, founder of LGBTory (professor)
- Sir George Mowbray (President of the University Council)
- Lynette Nusbacher, military historian (lecturer)
- John Wolfenden, Chair of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (Vice-Chancellor)
