Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Strathclyde | Department of Electrical Engineering
Parallel form(s) of name
- Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow | Department of Electrical Engineering (1956-1964)
- Royal Technical College, Glasgow | Department of Electrical Engineering (1912-1956)
- Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | Department of Electrical Engineering (1892-1912)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1892 - 1982
History
The Department of Electrical Engineering had its origins in 1886 with the appointment of a Professor of Engineering with responsibility for day class instruction in Electrical Engineering. In 1892, an independent Chair of Electrical Engineering was established.
In 1982, the Department of Electrical Engineering amalgamated with the Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications to form the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
University of Strathclyde (1964 to date)
Identifier of the related entity
C0047
Category of the relationship
hierarchical
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
University of Strathclyde | Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Formed in 1982)
Identifier of the related entity
C0224
Category of the relationship
temporal
Dates of the relationship
1982
Description of relationship
In 1982, the Department of Electrical Engineering merged with the Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications to form the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Related entity
University of Strathclyde | Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications (1967 - 1982)
Identifier of the related entity
C0226
Category of the relationship
associative
Dates of the relationship
1982
Description of relationship
In 1982, the Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications merged with the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Access points area
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
C0225
Institution identifier
GB 249
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).
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Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by Victoria Peters, August, 2011.