Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Toronto. Department of Physics
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Description area
Dates of existence
1887-current
History
The University of Toronto's Department of Physics was established 1887 when the Chair of Mathematics and Physics split to form the Chair of Mathematics, and the Chair of Physics; cited as the Department of Physics from October 1892; name changed on July 1, 1911 to the Department of Physics and Photography. Shortly after, the department was renamed the Department of Physics.