London Institution
![''London Institution'', etching by [[William Deeble](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/London_Institution_at_the_Finsbury_Circus.jpg)
The
London Institution was an educational institution founded in London in 1806 (not to be confused with the
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom founded the previous year, with which it shared some founders). It preceded the
University of London in making scientific education widely available in the capital to people such as the
Dissenters who adhered to non-orthodox religious beliefs and were consequently barred from attending
Oxford University or
Cambridge University.
The Institution moved into premises at
Finsbury Circus in 1815 and was particularly noted for the teaching of chemistry. It closed in 1912 and the buildings were used for the
University of London until their demolition in 1936.
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