Darwin College, Cambridge facts for kids
Darwin College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. It was built in 1964, and it was the first college to have both men and women as students. The college has about 650 students: they are all postgraduate since Darwin does not allow undergraduates. The name comes from the famous scientist Charles Darwin and his family.
Some very famous people have studied here, like Elizabeth Blackburn. She won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in medicine.
It is on the bank of River Cam opposite to Queens' College.
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Darwin College Library from the millpond
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Silver Street
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Darwin College Dining Hall, Christmas 2011
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Newnham Grange
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Elizabeth Blackburn: 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine
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Eric Maskin: 2007 Nobel laureate in economics
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Nancy Cox: Virologist
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Sir Ian Wilmut: Biologist and Embryologist
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Paul Clement: Former United States Solicitor General
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Elliott Belgrave: Governor-General and High Court Judge of Barbados
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Roger Gosden: Physiologist
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Stephen Gaukroger: Australian historian
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Philip Dawid: Statistician
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Ann Prentice: British nutritionist
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Seamus O'Regan: Canadian politician and journalist
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Monica Grady CBE: British space scientist
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Thomas Woodcock: Garter Principal King of Arms
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Janet Rossant: British developmental biologist
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Sir Oliver Letwin: Former Shadow Cabinet Minister
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Jane Goodall: Primatologist and Anthropologist
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Amartya Sen: 1998 Nobel laureate in economics
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Sir Karl Popper: Philosopher of Science
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Max Perutz: 1962 Nobel laureate in chemistry
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Martin Rees: Astrophysicist
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César Milstein: 1984 Nobel laureate in medicine
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Tony Hoare: Computer scientist
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Richard Henderson: 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Chris Bishop: Laboratory Director at Microsoft Research Cambridge
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Nick Humphrey: English neuropsychologist
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See also
In Spanish: Darwin College para niños
