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University of Bradford
Corporate body · 1832-

The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire's town's Mechanics Institute in 1832

University of Exeter
Corporate body · fl 1972

The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838, 1855, 1863, and 1888 respectively. These institutions later formed the University of Exeter after receiving its royal charter in 1955

Urbain, Achille Joseph
Person · 1884-1957

In 1906 he obtained his degree from the national veterinary school at Lyon, afterwards attaining a bachelor's degree in natural sciences in 1912, and a doctorate of sciences with a thesis involving plant physiology in 1920. During his career he worked in a military veterinary research laboratory and conducted studies as a microbiologist and immunologist at the Pasteur Institute. In 1931 he resigned from military service, and in 1934 was appointed director of the Vincennes Zoo in Paris. From 1942-1949, he was director of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. In 1937 he scientifically described the kouprey, based on a young male captured in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia