University of Leeds

The University of Leeds, England, is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom and the most popular by applicants, with 52,444 applicants in 2003 for 7,228 places (UCAS).

Noted faculty

Famous lecturers include:

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• Bauman, Zygmunt - sociologist
• Bragg, William Henry - physicist/chemist (Physics, 1909-1915)
• Crighton, David - mathematician (Mathematics, 1974-1986)
• Meadow, Roy - paediatrician
• McGuckin, John Anthony - former Reader in Patristic and Byzantine Theology
• Stewart, J. I. M. (Michael Innes) - writer (English, 1930-1935)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. - writer (English, 1920-1925)