St Catharine's College, Cambridge facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St Catharine's College |
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Main Court, St Catharine's College
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Arms of St Catharine's College
Blazon: Gules, a Catharine wheel Or. |
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University | University of Cambridge | |||||||||||
Location | Trumpington Street (map) | |||||||||||
Full name | The College or Hall of St Catharine the Virgin in the University of Cambridge | |||||||||||
Latin name | Aula sancte Katerine virginis infra Universitatem Cantabrigie | |||||||||||
Abbreviation | CTH | |||||||||||
Founder | Robert Woodlark | |||||||||||
Established | 1473 | |||||||||||
Named after | Catherine of Alexandria | |||||||||||
Previous names | Katharine Hall (1473–1860) | |||||||||||
Sister college | Worcester College, Oxford | |||||||||||
Master | Mark Welland | |||||||||||
Undergraduates | 436 | |||||||||||
Postgraduates | 165 | |||||||||||
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St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The college is located in the historic city-centre of Cambridge, and lies just south of King's College and across the street from Corpus Christi College. The college is notable for its open court (rather than closed quadrangle) that faces towards Trumpington Street.
St Catharine's is unique in being the only Oxbridge college founded by the serving head of another college. The college community is moderately sized, consisting of approximately 70 fellows, 150 graduate students, and 410 undergraduates.
Notable alumni
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Jeremy Paxman, journalist.
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John Ray, naturalist.
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Sir Ian McKellen, actor.
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Richard Ayoade, comedian and actor.
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Rebecca Hall, actress.
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Ben Miller, comedian and actor.
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Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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James Shirley, dramatist.
Name | Birth | Death | Career |
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John Addenbrooke | 1680 | 1719 | Founder of Addenbrooke's Hospital |
David Armand | 1977 | Actor, comedian and writer | |
David Armitage | 1965 | Professor of History at Harvard University | |
Herbert Rowse Armstrong | 1870 | 1922 | |
Richard Ayoade | 1977 | Performer | |
Harivansh Rai Bachchan | 1907 | 2003 | 20th century Indian poet |
Nathaniel Bacon | 1640 | 1676 | Revolutionary in Virginia |
Geoffrey Barnes | 1932 | 2010 | Secretary for Security for Hong Kong, Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption |
Jonathan Bate | 1958 | Shakespeare scholar and Provost of Worcester College, Oxford | |
John Bayliss | 1919 | 2008 | Poet |
Peter Boizot | 1929 | 2018 | Founder of Pizza Express |
John Bond | 1612 | 1676 | Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Gp. Cpt. Leslie Bonnet | 1902 | 1985 | RAF officer, writer and originator of the Welsh Harlequin Duck |
Sir Arthur Bonsall | 1917 | 2014 | Head of GCHQ during the period when an employee known as Geoffrey Prime sold information to the Soviet Union. |
John Bradford | 1510 | 1555 | Martyr of the English reformation |
Anil Kumar Gain | 1919 | 1978 | Indian mathematician and statistician, FRS |
Sir Kenneth Bradshaw | 1922 | 2007 | Clerk of the House of Commons |
Howard Brenton | 1942 | Playwright | |
Adam Buddle | 1662 | 1715 | After whom the Buddleia is named |
Henry William Bunbury | 1750 | 1811 | Caricaturist |
Francis Cammaerts DSO | 1916 | 2006 | Leading member of the French Special Operations Executive |
George Corrie | 1793 | 1885 | Master of Jesus College, Cambridge |
Gervase Cowell | 1927 | 2000 | Intelligence Officer |
Martin Crimp | 1956 | Playwright | |
John Cutts | 1661 | 1707 | MP and army commander |
Donald Davie | 1922 | 1995 | Poet |
John Bacchus Dykes | 1823 | 1876 | Victorian hymn-writer |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 1905 | 1977 | Fifth President of India |
Richard Finn | 1963 | - | Regent of Blackfriars, Oxford |
Reg Gadney | 1941 | 2018 | Painter and writer |
Leo Genn | 1905 | 1978 | Actor, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
Brian Gibson | 1944 | 2004 | Movie Director |
Maurice Glasman | 1961 | Political scientist and Labour peer | |
Charles Wycliffe Goodwin | 1817 | 1878 | Egyptologist, bible scholar and judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan |
Lilian Greenwood | 1966 | British Labour Party politician | |
Sir Peter Hall | 1930 | 2017 | Theatre and opera director, founder of the RSC |
Sir Peter Hall | 1932 | 2014 | Urban planner and geographer |
Rebecca Hall | 1982 | Film and stage actress | |
Leslie Halliwell | 1929 | 1989 | Film reviewer |
David Harding | 1961 | - | Hedge fund manager and founder for Winton Capital Management |
Roger Harrabin | 1955 | Journalist and reporter | |
Joanne Harris | 1964 | Author | |
Sir Peter Hirsch | 1925 | - | Materials scientist |
Sir Robert Howe | 1893 | 1981 | Last British Governor-General of the Sudan |
Rupert Jeffcoat | 1970 | Organist Coventry Cathedral | |
Roger Knight | 1946 | Cricketer | |
Emyr Jones Parry | 1947 | United Nations diplomat | |
Paul King | 1978 | - | Director, The Mighty Boosh, Bunny and the Bull |
Malcolm Lowry | 1909 | 1957 | Writer - Author of Under the Volcano, number 11 on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th century). |
Sir Ian McKellen | 1939 | Actor | |
Bevil Mabey | 1935 | 2010 | Businessman and inventor |
Roy MacLaren | 1934 | Canadian diplomat, politician and author | |
Nevil Maskelyne | 1732 | 1811 | Astronomer Royal; developed the Lunar distance model for measuring latitude |
Ian Meakins | 1956 | Chief Executive of Wolseley plc | |
Ben Miller | 1966 | Writer, Actor and Comedian | |
Morien Morgan | 1912 | 1978 | Master of Downing College, Cambridge, known as "the father of Concorde" |
Michael Morris | 1936 | Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons | |
George Nash | 1989 | Rowing World Champion and Olympic Medalist | |
Sir Foley Newns | 1909 | 1998 | Colonial administrator |
Robin Nicholson | 1934 | Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government | |
Geoffrey Pattie | 1936 | Former Minister of State for Information and Technology | |
Jeremy Paxman | 1950 | Television journalist | |
Nicholas Penny | 1949 | Director of the National Gallery | |
Sam Pickering | 1941 | Professor of English at the University of Connecticut | |
Steve Punt | 1962 | Comedian | |
Tunku Abdul Rahman | 1903 | 1990 | First Prime Minister of Malaysia |
John Ray | 1627 | 1705 | Naturalist |
Sir Thomas Roberts | 1658 | 1706 | MP |
Jenni Russell | 1960 | Journalist | |
Christopher Sargent | 1906 | 1943 | Bishop in Fukien, China |
Thomas Sherlock | 1678 | 1761 | Theologian |
James Shirley | 1596 | 1666 | Elizabethan poet and playwright |
Arun Singh | 1944 | - | Former Defence Minister of India |
Donald Soper | 1903 | 1998 | Methodist minister and campaigner |
John Strype | 1643 | 1737 | Historian |
Noel Thompson | 1957 | - | Television journalist |
Sir Tim Waterstone | 1939 | Founder of Waterstones | |
Peter Wothers | ? | - | Chemist |
William Wotton | 1666 | 1727 | Historian |
Hannah Yelland | 1976 | Film & stage actress | |
Terence Young | 1915 | 1994 | British film director - Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball |
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See also
In Spanish: Saint Catharine's College para niños