Muir Central College

Muir Central College, represented perhaps around 1877

Muir Central College in Allahabad in northern India was a college of higher education founded by William Muir in 1872. It had a separate existence to 1921, when as a result of the Allahabad University Act it was merged into Allahabad University.^[1]

The buildings (1872 to 1886) were a design by the British architect William Emerson.^[2] Initially the college was affiliated with the University of Calcutta.^[3]

Principals

• 1872–1885 Augustus Spiller Harrison^[4]
• 1886–1895 Archibald Edward Gough^[5]
• 1895–1906? Georg Thibaut^[6][7]
• James George Jennings
• 1913 Ernest George Hill^[8] (died 1917)
• 1918–1920 William Arthur Jobson Archbold^[9]
• 1920–1922 Jeremiah Joseph Ernest Durack^[10]

Notes

1. Ameeta Gupta; Ashish Kumar; Ashish Kumar (Chartered Accountant.) (1 January 2006). Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 17. ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
2. Jonathan M. Bloom; Sheila Blair (2009). The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
3. B. V. Subbarayappa (2013). Science in India: A Historical Perspective. Rupa Publications. p. 265. ISBN 978-81-291-2096-0.
4. "Harrison, Augustus Spiller (HRY843AS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. s:Page:The Indian Biographical Dictionary.djvu/205
6. The India List and India Office List. Harrison. 1905. p. 58.
7. s:The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Thibaut, George Frederick William
8. 1914-1947. Universities Press. 2003. p. 46. ISBN 978-81-7371-432-0. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
9. "Jobson, William Arthur (JB884WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
10. "Durack, Jeremiah Joseph Ernest (DRK900JJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.