9781786839046
Distributed for University of Wales Press
An Unfolding Vision
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1822–2022
A richly illustrated collection commemorating the bicentenary of the oldest university in Wales.
An Unfolding Vision commemorates the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s bicentennial through a collection of essays about collegiate life. A substantial update to the 175th-anniversary collection, A Bold Imagining, this enlarged edition pairs the original with new essays from some of the world’s leading scholars with lavish illustrations drawn from the university’s rich archive. Spanning two hundred years, An Unfolding Vision offers unique glimpses into the evolving history of the oldest higher education institution in Wales.
An Unfolding Vision commemorates the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s bicentennial through a collection of essays about collegiate life. A substantial update to the 175th-anniversary collection, A Bold Imagining, this enlarged edition pairs the original with new essays from some of the world’s leading scholars with lavish illustrations drawn from the university’s rich archive. Spanning two hundred years, An Unfolding Vision offers unique glimpses into the evolving history of the oldest higher education institution in Wales.
152 pages | 130 haltones | 7.44 x 11.69 | © 2024
Education: Higher Education, History of Education
History: British and Irish History, General History
Table of Contents
Preface
1.A Map of Lampeter before St David’s College was built…….David Austin
2.The First Benefactors and Supporters of the College…..John Morgan-Guy
3.Religious Art at Lampeter………..A J Brothers and John Morgan-Guy
4.Thomas Burgess and the Library of St David’s College…David G Selwyn
5.From the Coral Strand to the Dulais Brook: Thomas Phillips (1760-1851)…John Morgan-Guy
6.The Bowdlers and the Library of St Davud’s College…….David G Selwyn
7.Charles Robert Cockerell………………………….Nigel Yates
8.Rowland Williams and the new Athens………………Paul Badham
9.T G Jackson, Oxford and Lampeter…………………Barbara Dennis
10.Middleton and St David’s College, Lampeter………….Brian Torode
11.The Welsh Library: National Institution or Aladdin’s Cave?....Wyn Thomas
12.A ‘lost generation’: St David’s College and World War One….Keith Robbins
13.The Continuing Vision: W D Caroe and Lampeter….Elizabeth Townsend and Barbara Dennis
14.Principals in Practice…………………………………….D P Davies
15.‘Ideals of Manliness’. The Story of sport at St David’s College, Lampeter.....John Morgan-Guy
16.Some glimpses of St David’s College during the Second World War….Raymond Renowden
17.Time Past and Time Present………………………………Keith Robbins
18.[Title to be decided]………………………………………Medwin Hughes
Some suggestions for further reading
Index
Historic Extracts
1.A Map of Lampeter before St David’s College was built…….David Austin
2.The First Benefactors and Supporters of the College…..John Morgan-Guy
3.Religious Art at Lampeter………..A J Brothers and John Morgan-Guy
4.Thomas Burgess and the Library of St David’s College…David G Selwyn
5.From the Coral Strand to the Dulais Brook: Thomas Phillips (1760-1851)…John Morgan-Guy
6.The Bowdlers and the Library of St Davud’s College…….David G Selwyn
7.Charles Robert Cockerell………………………….Nigel Yates
8.Rowland Williams and the new Athens………………Paul Badham
9.T G Jackson, Oxford and Lampeter…………………Barbara Dennis
10.Middleton and St David’s College, Lampeter………….Brian Torode
11.The Welsh Library: National Institution or Aladdin’s Cave?....Wyn Thomas
12.A ‘lost generation’: St David’s College and World War One….Keith Robbins
13.The Continuing Vision: W D Caroe and Lampeter….Elizabeth Townsend and Barbara Dennis
14.Principals in Practice…………………………………….D P Davies
15.‘Ideals of Manliness’. The Story of sport at St David’s College, Lampeter.....John Morgan-Guy
16.Some glimpses of St David’s College during the Second World War….Raymond Renowden
17.Time Past and Time Present………………………………Keith Robbins
18.[Title to be decided]………………………………………Medwin Hughes
Some suggestions for further reading
Index
Historic Extracts