Pembroke College is a college of the University of Cambridge, home to over 600 students and fellows, and is the third oldest of the existing colleges. Image File history File links Pembroke_College_(Cambridge)_shield. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... Most of the colleges of the University of Cambridge have sister colleges in the University of Oxford (and vice versa). ... The Queens College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Sir Richard Dearlove is a career intelligence officer and, until May 6, 2004, head of Britains Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). ... The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ...

History

On Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the foundation of a new educational establishment in the young university at Cambridge. The Hall of Marie Valence, as it was originally known, was thus founded to house a body of students and fellows. Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday that marks the traditional birthdate of Jesus of Nazareth. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ... Marie de St Pol de Valence (c. ... Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1270-1324) was an English nobleman. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ...

The statutes were notable in that they both gave preference to students born in France who had already studied elsewhere in England, and that they required students to report fellow students if they indulged in excessive drinking or visited disreputable houses. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

The college was later renamed Pembroke House, and finally became Pembroke College in 1856. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Buildings

The first buildings were comprised of a single court (now called Old Court) containing all the component parts of a college - chapel, hall, kitchen and buttery, master's lodgings, students' rooms - and the statutes provided for a manciple, a cook, a barber and a laundress. Both the founding of the college and the building of the city's first college chapel (1355) required the grant of a papal bull. A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. ... Events January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ...

The original court was the university's smallest at only 95 feet by 55 feet, but was enlarged to its current size in the nineteenth century by demolishing the south range.

The college's gatehouse, however, is original and is the oldest in Cambridge. The Hall was rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Alfred Waterhouse after he had declared the existing one unsafe. The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ...

The original chapel now forms the Old Library and has a striking seventeenth century plaster ceiling, designed by Henry Doogood, showing birds flying overhead. Around the Civil War, one of Pembroke's fellows and Chaplain to the future Charles I, Matthew Wren, was imprisoned by Oliver Cromwell. On his release after eighteen years he fulfilled a promise by hiring his nephew Christopher Wren to build a great chapel in his former college. The resulting chapel was consecrated on St Matthew's Day, 1665, and the eastern end was extended by George Gilbert Scott in 1880. The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) from 1642 until 1651. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Matthew Wren Matthew Wren (December 3, 1585–April 24, 1667) was an influential English clergyman and scholar. ... Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ... Sir Christopher Wren, (20 October 1632–25 February 1723) was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. ... 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The chapel of St Johns College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scotts many church designs Sir George Gilbert Scott (July 13, 1811 – March 27, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Pembroke's enclosed grounds also house some particularly well-kept gardens, sporting a huge array of carefully-selected vegetation. Highlights include "The Orchard" (a patch of semi-wild ground in the centre of the college), an impressive row of Plane Trees and an immaculately-kept bowling green which is reputed to be the oldest in continual use in Europe. Curiously, Pembroke has recently had a wildlife presence, with doubtlessly studious badgers seen on college grounds. Species See text. ... Bowling Green is the name of some places in the United States of America: Bowling Green, Florida, named after the town in Kentucky. ...

The front gate of Pembroke College

Download high resolution version (1792x1200, 424 KB)Main entrance of Pembroke College, Cambridge, photographed from Trumpington Street. ... Download high resolution version (1792x1200, 424 KB)Main entrance of Pembroke College, Cambridge, photographed from Trumpington Street. ...

Famous alumni of Pembroke College

See also Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge An alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine) is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

• Clive Betts (Politician)
• Tim Brooke-Taylor (Comedian)
• Roger Bushell Leader of "The Great Esacpe"
• "RAB" Butler (Politician)
• Peter Cook (Comedian)
• Ray Dolby (Pioneering Inventor)
• Abba Eban (Statesman)
• Edward James Eliot (Politician)
• William Eliot (Politician)
• William Fowler (Nobel Prize winner)
• Thomas Gray (Poet)
• Stephen Greenblatt (literary critic and pioneer of New Historicism)
• Naomie Harris (Actor)
• Oliver Heald (Politician)
• Tom Hiddleston (Actor)
• Ted Hughes (Poet)
• Eric Idle (Entertainer)
• Clive James (Novelist, TV personality)
• Humphrey Jennings (Film-maker)
• Peter May (Cricketer)
• D. H. Mellor (Philosopher)
• David Munrow (Musician, Composer and Music Historian)
• Bill Oddie (Comedian and Bird-Watcher)
• Madsen Pirie (Economist)
• James Paten (Treasury Spendthrift)
• William Pitt (Politician)
• Rodney Porter (Nobel Prize winner)
• George Maxwell Richards (President of Trinidad and Tobago 2003-)
• Nicholas Ridley (Martyr)
• Michael Rowan-Robinson (Astronomer)
• Martin Rowson (Cartoonist)
• Tom Sharpe (Novelist)
• Christopher Smart (Poet)
• Chris Smith (Politician)
• Edmund Spenser (Poet)
• George Gabriel Stokes (Mathematician and Physicist)
• John Sulston (Nobel Prize winner)
• Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (Lord Chief Justice)
• Peter Taylor (Journalist)
• Karan Thapar (Indian TV interviewer)
• William Turner (Physician)
• P. K. van der Byl (Rhodesian politician)
• Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal (England rugby player)
• Kieran West MBE (British rower and Olympic champion)
• Roger Williams, (American theologian)

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Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937–9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian who is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. ... ` Dolby (left) is inducted into the NIHF Ray Dolby (born January 18, 1933) is the American inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He is the founder and chairman of Dolby Laboratories, and a billionaire. ... Abba Eban (אבא אבן) (February 2, 1915 – November 17, 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. ... Edward James Eliot (August 24, 1758 – September 20, 1797), Member of Parliament, was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot (1727 – 1804), politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784. ... William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (April 1, 1767 - January 19, 1845) was a British politician. ... There is another William Fowler who was a Scottish poet and uncle of William Drummond of Hawthornden William Alfred Willy Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. ... Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of history at Cambridge University. ... Stephen Jay Greenblatt (born 1943) is a noted Shakespeare scholar and a literary critic/theorist often seen as the leader of the school known as New Historicism or as Greenblatt likes to put it, cultural poetics. He believes that all works of literature are a products of their times and... New Historicism is an approach to literary criticism and literary theory based on the premise that a literary work should be considered a product of the time, place and circumstances of its composition rather than as an isolated creation of genius. ... Harris as Sophie in the 2004 film After the Sunset Naomie Melanie Harris (born September 6, 1976 in London) is an English actress. ... Oliver Heald (born December 15, 1954), British politician and barrister, is Conservative Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire North East. ... Edward (Ted) James Hughes, OM, referred to normally as Ted Hughes, (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and childrens writer. ... Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author and writer of comedic songs. ... Clive James in 1976 Clive James AM (born Vivian James October 10, 1939) in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an expatriate Australian writer, poet, essayist, critic, and commentator on popular culture. ... Humphrey Jennings, (August 19, 1907 Walberswick, Suffolk - September 24, 1950 Greece), was a British film-maker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. ... Peter Barker Howard May, C.B.E. was born( 31 December 1929 in Reading, Berkshire and died on 27 December 1994) in Liphook, Hampshire from a brain tumour. ... Hugh Mellor (D. H. Mellor) is a British philosopher. ... David Munrow (August 12, 1942 - May 15, 1976) was a musician and early music historian. ... Bill Oddie William Edgar (Bill) Oddie, OBE (born July 7, 1941 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is a comedy writer and performer, author, composer and musician. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ... Rodney Robert Porter (1917 - 1985) was a British physiologist. ... George Maxwell Richards, T.C., CMT, Ph. ... Nicholas Ridley (died October 16, 1555) was an English clergyman. ... Astronomer. ... Martin Rowson (born 15 February 1959) is a British cartoonist. ... Tom Sharpe (born March 30, 1928) is an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. ... Smart Christopher Smart (April 11, 1722 – May 21, 1771) was an English poet. ... Christopher Robert Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, PC (born 24 July 1951) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. ... Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (c. ... George Gabriel Stokes Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet (13 August 1819–1 February 1903) was an Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist. ... John E. Sulston received his degree as a chemist at Cambridge, UK, but devoted his scientific life to biological research, especially in the field of molecular biology. ... Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth PC (May 1, 1930 - April 28, 1997) was the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1992 until his premature retirement due to poor health in 1996. ... 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Sir William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal (10 March 1898, Beckenham-12 August 1983) was a rugby union player for Harlequins and England, President of the Rugby Football Union and a British politician. ... Kieran West, MBE (born 18 September 1977) is a British rower and Olympic champion. ... Roger Williams (December 21, 1603–April 1, 1684) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of the separation of Church and State, an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans, founder of the City of Providence, Rhode Island and co-founder of the colony of Rhode Island. ...

Pembroke today

Pembroke College has both graduate and undergraduate students. The undergraduate student body is represented by the Junior Parlour Committee (JPC). The graduate community is represented by the Graduate Parlour Committee (GPC). Pembroke is unusual in having its recreational rooms named as "parlours" rather than the more standard "common room" . There are many clubs and societies organised by the students of the college, such as the college's dramatic society the Pembroke Players, which has been made famous by alumni such as Peter Cook, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Clive James and Bill Oddie and is now in its 50th year. Pembroke Players (formerly Pembroke College Players) is an amateur theatrical society in Cambridge, England, founded in 1955 and run by the students of Pembroke College, Cambridge University. ... Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937–9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian who is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor (April 2000) Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor, (born 17 July 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio and in the comedy radio shows Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, and... Clive James in 1976 Clive James AM (born Vivian James October 10, 1939) in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an expatriate Australian writer, poet, essayist, critic, and commentator on popular culture. ... Bill Oddie William Edgar (Bill) Oddie, OBE (born July 7, 1941 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is a comedy writer and performer, author, composer and musician. ...

Pembroke May Ball

Pembroke College had a longstanding tradition of hosting well-organised, good-value May Balls, before downsizing to a June Event in 2001. The Event has since become well-known by both reviewers and students as one of the best in the university, but the Committee has recently announced that Pembroke will be returning to the May Ball scene in 2007.

International Programmes

Pembroke is the only Cambridge college to have a programme allowing American students to study abroad just for the spring (Lent and Easter) terms. About 15 students are accepted into the programme, directed by International Programmes at Pembroke, each year.

Institutions named after the college

Pembroke College, the women's college at Brown University in the United States was named after Pembroke College (Cambridge), before it was assimilated into the university in 1971. Pembroke College was the womens college of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. ... In higher education, particularly in the United States, a womens college is a college (that is, a primarily undergraduate, bachelors degree-granting institution) whose students are exclusively women. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ...

See also

• Category:Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge

External links

• A virtual tour of the college
• The Pembroke Players dramatic club
• The 2006 June Event website
• The 2007 May Ball site
• Pembroke Christian Union
• The student body website
• The Graduate Parlour website