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Dalhousie University, founded 1818

The Henry Hicks Academic Building, Dalhousie University.
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Founded in Halifax in 1818 by Lord Dalhousie, Dalhousie University began regular teaching later in the nineteenth century. Margaret Florence Newcombe became its first woman graduate in 1885.

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Dalhousie University

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