EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1873 as Canterbury College.

Location:
Christchurch, New Zealand

Founding Date:
1873

Motto:
Ergo tua rura manebunt

Enrollment:
12,600

Official Website:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rhys Darby	Actor	21-Mar-1974		Murray on Flight of the Conchords
John Key	Government	9-Aug-1961		Prime Minister of New Zealand
Murray R. McClean	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Commercial Metals
J. G. A. Pocock	Historian	7-Mar-1924		The Machiavellian Moment
Glenn M. Renwick	Business	22-May-1955		CEO of Progressive
Bill Rowling	Head of State	15-Nov-1927	31-Oct-1995	Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75
Ernest Rutherford	Physicist	30-Aug-1871	19-Oct-1937	Father of nuclear physics
Norman Thagard	Astronaut	3-Jul-1943		Shuttle astronaut

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roy Kerr	Mathematician	16-May-1934		Rotating black holes
J. G. A. Pocock	Historian	7-Mar-1924		The Machiavellian Moment

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