Egerton University

	EGERTON UNIVERSITY Country : Kenya Campus/location: Njoro Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-0.368669999999999997708499677173676900565624237060546875,"lon":35.93220000000000169393388205207884311676025390625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The red lion is taken from the coat of arms of the Egerton family, after which the university is named. The university was founded on land owned by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton. The spade and base refer to the origins of the university as a farm school founded in 1939.

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