Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London

Edward Fry talks about his chance at a university education in the 1840s. Fry was excluded from Oxford and Cambridge because of his Quaker religion but enrolled at UCL in 1848 at the age of 21. This extract is taken from a memoir compiled posthumously by Fry’s daughter. Agnes Fry, Memoir of Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry, CBE 1827-1918 (Oxford: OUP, 1921). Voiced by Mark Freeman.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 

Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:03
Language of episode: English
Guests: Edward Fry
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

What is Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London?

Generation UCL is a research and engagement project that is collecting the stories of UCL alumni over 200 years. To give an insight into the breadth and diversity of the student experience, this series includes short extracts from these oral history interviews alongside excerpts from written memoirs that have been voiced by actors.