Edric Bayley (1842 - 14 July 1920) was a solicitor, local politician and educationist whose work led to the foundation of the Battersea Polytechnic Institute (now the University of Surrey) and the Borough Polytechnic Institute (now the London South Bank University). Born in Bath, he attended Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1867. In that year he was resident in London and applied to become a solicitor. By 1875 he was living in Southwark, and a partner in a legal practice. In 1881 he was clerk of St Olave District Board of Works. Mention here [1].