Title
Photograph of brass commemorative plate to Thomas Fielding Johnson in the entrance to the Fielding Johnson Building.
Description
Thomas Fielding Johnson intended that the site would provide accommodation not just for the new university college, but both Wyggeston schools (Boys’ and Girls’):
‘This land, which adjoins the Victoria Park from North to South, will provide ample space for all the requirements of the three Institutions, which, in conjunction, might form an effective architectural group, and a Peace Memorial worthy of our ancient Borough’.
Extract from the letter from Thomas Fielding Johnson to the Mayor of Leicester, announcing his gift of the former hospital and asylum site.
Thomas Fielding Johnson Jnr, listed on the plate as a trustee, carried on his father’s interest.
‘This land, which adjoins the Victoria Park from North to South, will provide ample space for all the requirements of the three Institutions, which, in conjunction, might form an effective architectural group, and a Peace Memorial worthy of our ancient Borough’.
Extract from the letter from Thomas Fielding Johnson to the Mayor of Leicester, announcing his gift of the former hospital and asylum site.
Thomas Fielding Johnson Jnr, listed on the plate as a trustee, carried on his father’s interest.
Rights
University of Leicester Archives and Special Collections
Identifier
ULA/FG10/6
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