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1869: The Year that Was
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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September 2019
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Dr Donald Kerr, University of Otago Special Collections, Hocken Library
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On 3 June <strong>1869</strong>, the University of Otago Ordinance <strong>1869</strong> became law. This meant that the newly established University became a corporate body with power to grant degrees. This was a significant first for New Zealand. Two years later, with a building secured, and three professors appointed, classes began. The first class was on 10 July 1871, with 81 students enrolled. The University of Otago’s rich history continues today. Its establishment and legacy form part of this exhibition <em><strong>1869</strong>: The Year That Was</em>.<br /><br />Of course, other events occurred in<strong> 1869</strong>, forming a then unwritten but much wider history. While the University Council were debating the administrational matters necessary to make the newly formed educational institution work, events were occurring on a local and international level. Each had their own particular impact. Some of the events of <strong>1869</strong> that feature in the exhibition include the formation of the Otago Institute; the first Fine Arts Exhibition in New Zealand; the first ‘Royal’ visit to New Zealand; the introduction of the New Zealand Cross; the births of Rasputin, Emma Goldman, and Gandhi; the opening of the Suez Canal; and the formation of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev’s periodic table. Tolstoy’s <em>War and Peace</em> was published in 1869, as was Louisa May Alcott’s <em>Little Women</em>.<br /> Please enjoy <em><strong>1869</strong>, The Year That Was.</em>
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Ghalib 1797-1869. Volume I: Life and Letters
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[Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib]; Translated and edited by Ralph Russell and Khurshidul Islam
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1969
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Brasch PK2198 G4 Z5 A35
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Book covers
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London: George Allen and Unwin
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The poet, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-<strong>1869</strong>), known simply as Ghalib, grew up in Delhi in the last years of the Mughal Era. He wrote from the age of eleven, and his poems, written in Urdu and Persian, are known as <em>ghazals</em>, which as a genre, have recurring themes of love and separation. Ghalib had first-hand experience of these emotions as he was orphaned at an early age, and lost all seven of his own children in infancy. The performance of a <em>ghazal</em> is still a very strong tradition in the Middle East and South Asia. Ghalib was the foremost poet of his day, and even after his death in <strong>1869</strong>, his work continued to resonate. He is still considered ‘an unequalled [and] rare literary legend’.
University of Otago