Merz Court, Newcastle University
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Merz Court, Newcastle University
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 18 Mar 2010
Merz Court was completed in 1963 a cost of £1,161,000 and is named after John Theodore Merz and his sons Charles and Norbert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_University_buildings_%28K%E2%80%93Z%29#Merz_Court John Merz was a chemist, historian, and, industrialist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Theodore_Merz His son, Charles Merz was an electrical engineer and pioneer of the UK National Grid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hesterman_Merz
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Image Location
Latitude
54.980797
Longitude
-1.616068