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The library of Magdalene College (Pepys Library)

Magdalene College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. It was created in 1428 as Buckingham College, a Benedictine hostel. In 1542 this was changed, taking the name from the city of magda. It was built over many years thanks to money given by many different important people, such as the Dukes of Norfolk and Buckingham. Today, it has about 600 students.

The most famous person to have studied here is Samuel Pepys. He was an influential Member of Parliament. When he died, he gave lots of books to the college. The library in Magdalene, which is very old and beautiful, is named after him (the Pepys Library). Magdalene is one of the colleges that keeps many old traditions. It was the last one in Cambridge to allow women to study there: this only happened in 1988.


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  • Magdalene Cambridge street front

    Street front of Magdalene College porter's lodge, with its 16th-century architecture retained

  • Gargoyle of Spinola

    The modern gargoyle of Benedict Spinola in the Quayside site

  • Cambridge University, Hall, Magdalene College

    Magdalene College formal hall, c.1870

  • Magdalene College Dining Hall, Cambridge, UK - Diliff - sans lens flares

    The hall in 2014

  • Magdalene Village gate

    The wooden gate leading to the Magdalene Village

  • Magdalene Cambridge porters lodge

    Inside porter's lodge

  • Magdalene College Chapel, Cambridge, UK - Diliff

    Inside the chapel

  • Magdalene College First Court, Cambridge, UK - Diliff

    First Court

  • Fellows' Garden Path autumn

    Fellows' Garden Path in autumn

  • Benson Court Magdalene

    Benson Court

  • Magdalene Cambridge Mallory Court

    Mallory Court

  • Cripps Court Orangery

    Cripps Court Orangery

  • Rowan Williams -001b

    Rowan Williams, Former Master of the College

  • Samuel Pepys

    Samuel Pepys, naval administrator, politician and diarist

  • Stella Creasy - MP - 2017

    Stella Creasy, politician

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    Charles Kingsley, author and academic

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  • George Mallory 1915

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