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Buddha

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Date: 13 January 2024

Location: York University, 53.9476711,-1.0520271

Information This 19th-century bronze statue of the Buddha is located behind the Berrick Saul Building in the University of York campus. It was donated to the university in 1983 by Mrs Elizabeth Cooper from the collection of her father John Bowes Morrell (1873–1963). Morrell was a historian and writer who served twice as Lord Mayor of York and was a key figure in the campaign to establish a university in the city. The statue had previously been located in the garden of Morrell’s Victorian mansion, Burton Croft, which later became a nursing home and was ultimately demolished by developers Barratt in 2004.