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McGill University, Quebec

The Arts Building at McGill University, photographed in 2022.
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McGill University is a public university in Montréal, founded in 1821. Its history includes Ernest Rutherford’s research on radioactivity, carried out at McGill before his Nobel Prize.

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McGill University

History: public university founded 1821; Rutherford’s radioactivity research