"This is the first book to address the history of the National University of Ireland, Galway, formerly known as University College Galway but founded as Queen's College Galway in 1845. This volume of essays commemorates the 150th anniversary of the opening of QCG on 30 October 1849. It consists of thirteen essays on the academic history of various subject areas, especially those in existence since the foundation of what is now NUI, Galway. The essays provide valuable, and often intriguing, information on the professors and lecturers who taught in the institution, on their lives and times, and on their scholarly credentials and reputations. These essays also investigate how the definitions of academic disciplines have changed over 150 years and how these changing conceptions have been manifested in the syllabuses and examination papers."--Jacket.