The college was first founded, as Gonville Hall, by Edmund Gonville, Rector of Terrington in 1348. It was founded a second time as Gonville & Caius College in 1557 by the physician John Caius. John Caius was master of the college from 1559 and until shortly before his death in 1573. He provided the college with significant funds and greatly extended the buildings.
The college first admitted women as fellows and students in 1979. The college now has nearly 100 fellows, over 700 students and about 200 staff.
Interior North-East Corner of Waterhouse Building, Tree Court Tree Court is the largest of the old courts. It is so named because John Caius planted an avenue of trees there. Although none of the original trees survive, there are several trees which is unusual for a Cambridge front court.
Gate of Honour, Caius Court The Gate of Honour, in Caius Court, though the most direct way from the old courts to the Cockrell Building library, is only used for special occasions.
Interior East Side of Gonville Court Gonville Court has the most student residences on it.
By the sixteenth century, the college had fallen into disrepair, and in 1557 it was refounded by Royal Charter as Gonville and CaiusCollege by the physician John Caius.
Caius did however found the college as a strong centre for the study of medicine, a tradition that it aims to keep to this day.
Alec Broers - vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, 1996-2003.
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