Cambridge University

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University of Cambridge
Motto Hinc lucem et pocula sacra
Motto in English Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts
Non-literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge
Established c. 1209
Type Collegiate University
Location Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Colours Cambridge Blue

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University or simply Cambridge) is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and given royal charter status by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university. The university grew out of an association of scholars who left the University of Oxford after a dispute with the townspeople. The two ancient universities share many common features.[1]


In 1811, Oxford and Cambridge were the only two universities in England and any LL character who went to university went to one of these - while there were universities in Scotland, distance, prejudice and disdain meant that scholars of these were usually Scottish.


Subjects taught were limited: Mathematics, chemistry, law, theology and the Classics (including reading Greek and Latin).


This page lists which characters attended which Cambridge colleges.

The colleges at the University of Cambridge were originally an incidental feature of the system. No college is as old as the university itself. The colleges were orignally endowed fellowships of scholars. There were also institutions without endowments, called hostels. The hostels were gradually absorbed by the colleges over the centuries, but they have left some indicators of their time, such as the name of Garret Hostel Lane.

Hugh Balsham, Bishop of Ely, founded Peterhouse, Cambridge's first college, in 1284. Many colleges were founded during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but colleges continued to be established throughout the centuries to modern times, although there was a gap of 204 years between the founding of Sidney Sussex in 1596 and Downing in 1800, the newest college any character in LL can have studied at.


Also see Category: Cantabrigians

Christ's College

Clare Hall

Corpus Christi College

Downing College (founded 1800)

Emmanuel College

Gonville and Caius College

Jesus College

King's College

The College of Saint Mary Magdalene

Pembroke Hall

Peterhouse College

Queens' College

Katharine Hall

St. John's College

Sidney Sussex College

Trinity College

Trinity Hall

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