#Repost@icunion ・・・ Happy Birthday Imperial! 🎂🎈 109 years ago on this very day, Imperial College London was established by Royal Charter by King Edward VII on 8 July 1907. Two years later (in 1909), this stone was laid outside the RSM main entrance, to commemorate the new expansion of the College. The Inscription reads: "This stone was laid by His Majesty Edward VII King of Great Britian and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the seas as Emperor of India, on the 8th day of July 1909, for the new buildings of the Royal School of Mines, initiated by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and of the City and Guilds College of Engineering, which with the Royal College of Science, form integral parts of the Imperial College of Science and Technology." —————————————————— #history#royal#royals#KingEdwardVII#plaque#alwaysreadtheplaque#science#icu#imperial#technology#imperialcollegeunion#imperialcollege#imperialcollegelondon#southken#southkensington#london