City and Guilds College was founded in 1876 from a meeting of 16 of the City of London's livery companies for the Advancement of Technical Education (CGLI), which aimed to improve the training of craftsmen, technicians, technologists, and engineers. The two main objectives were to create a Central Institution in London and to conduct a system of qualifying examinations in technical subjects. Faced with their continuing inability to find a substantial site, the Companies were eventually persuaded by the Secretary of the Science and Art Department, General Sir John Donnelly (who was also a Royal Engineer) to found their institution on the eighty-seven acre (350,000 m²) site at South Kensington bought by the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners (for GBP 342,500) for 'purposes of art and science' in perpetuity. The latter two colleges were incorporated by Royal Charter into the Imperial College of Science and Technology and the CGLI Central Technical College was renamed the City and Guilds College in 1907, but not incorporated into Imperial College until 1910. COUNT 10
QSN1 When was the City and Guilds College founded? ANS1 1876 QSN2 What was the aim of the City and Guilds College when it was founded? ANS2 improve the training of craftsmen, technicians, technologists, and engineers QSN3 What were the main objectives of establishing the City and Guilds College? ANS3 to create a Central Institution in London and to conduct a system of qualifying examinations in technical subjects QSN4 How much did the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners pay for the land that became the City and Guilds College? ANS4 GBP 342,500 QSN5 What was the former name of the City and Guilds College? ANS5 CGLI Central Technical College QSN6 Which college was founded in 1876? ANS6 City and Guilds College QSN7 How many livery companies were in the meeting that founded the college? ANS7 16 QSN8 What does CGLI stand for? ANS8 Advancement of Technical Education QSN9 Other than conducting a system of qualifying examinations, what was the other main objective of the meeting of CGLI? ANS9 to create a Central Institution in London QSN10 How large was the land (in acres) that the institution was founded on? ANS10 eighty-seven