Selwyn College, Cambridge
Full name	Selwyn College
Motto	ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ "Quit ye like men"
Named after	George Augustus Selwyn
Previous names	-
Established	1882
Sister College(s)	Keble College, Oxford
Master	Prof. Richard Bowring
Location	Grange Road
Undergraduates	360
Postgraduates	200
Homepage	Boatclub

Selwyn College is a College of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in memory of the Rt Revd George Augustus Selwyn (1809–1878), the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841–1868) and Bishop of Lichfield (1868–1878). The College was founded by subscription, with an explicitly Christian mission. The Selwyn College coat of arms incorporates the arms of the Selwyn family impaled with those of the Diocese of Lichfield. Image File history File links Selwyn_College_shield. ... The Rt. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Most of the colleges of the University of Cambridge have sister colleges in the University of Oxford (and vice versa). ... College name Keble College Collegium Keblense Named after John Keble Established 1870 Sister College Selwyn College Warden Professor Dame Averil Cameron DBE FBA JCR President Paul Dwyer Undergraduates 435 MCR President Tom Robinson Graduates 219 Homepage Boatclub Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. ... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ... The Rt. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Archbishop of New Zealand is the head of the Anglican church in the Province of New Zealand and has under his direction nine dioceses. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Arms of the Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... The Diocese of Mercia was created by Bishop Diuma in around 656 and the see was settled in Lichfield in 669 by the then bishop, Ceadda (later Saint Chadd). ...

Selwyn is relatively poor for a traditional Cambridge College. In 2006 it had an estimated financial endowment of £22 million and in 2004 fixed assets worth £70 million. The College was ranked 16th out of 30 in an assessment of College wealth^[1] conducted by Varsity in November 2006. Selwyn performs better academically, and was ranked 7th out of 29 in the 2006 Tompkin's Table. A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... Varsity is the older of Cambridge Universitys main student newspapers (The Cambridge Student is the other, younger, one). ... The Tompkins Table is an annual ranking that lists the colleges of the University of Cambridge in order of their students performances in that years final examinations. ...

History

Selwyn's first undergraduates joined the original Master and twelve other Fellows at the then "Public Hostel" of the university in 1882. Formally approved as a College on March 14, 1958, Selwyn, in common with other Cambridge colleges, originally admitted only men, but was one of the first colleges to become mixed when women were admitted from 1976. Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Selwyn College in the snow, early 2004

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Six acres (24,000 m²) of farm land, between Grange Road, West Road and Sidgwick Avenue, was originally acquired from Corpus Christi College and is now home to Selwyn's three main courts, Old Court, Cripps Court, and Ann's Court, with some ancillary buildings, including houses serving as student hostels on Grange Road, West Road and Sidgwick Avenue. The site was originally considered somewhat remote from the centre of the university (indeed, an alternative site on Lensfield Road, where the Catholic church now stands, was rejected as being too small), however, with the growth of departmental buildings, libraries and new faculties, Selwyn now neighbours the Sidgwick Site, affording Selwynites the easiest access of any Cambridge college to the many faculty buildings housed there. An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Sidgwick Site is one of the biggest sites within the University of Cambridge. ...

Old Court, built in red brick in the Tudor Gothic style, was largely designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and comprises seven staircases (A to G), together with a tower and gateway, Master's lodge, chapel and hall. Cripps Court, named after the Cripps Foundation that donated most of the funds to build it (and which also funded developments at St John's College and Queens' College), was built and formally opened in 1969 on land on the opposite side of Grange Road which was originally owned by Jesus College. It comprises a further seven staircases (H to N) and is home to all of Selwyn's first-year undergraduates as well as a mix of other undergraduates and postgraduates. Ann's Court, built on the land to the north of Old Court and south of West Road, is the newest court: it is named after Ann Dobson, one of the principal donors towards the construction costs of the first block, which was completed in July 2005 and consists of 44 ensuite rooms and 15 administrative offices, forming two staircases (O and P). Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 1829 _30 October 1899), English architect, son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. ... Full name The College of Saint John the Evangelist of the University of Cambridge Motto Souvent me Souvient I Often Remember Named after The Hospital of Saint John the Evangelist, Cambridge, named after John the Evangelist Previous names Incorporates part of what was Merton Hall which no longer exists Established... Full name The Queens College of Saint Margaret and Saint Bernard in the University of Cambridge Motto Floreat Domus May this House Flourish Named after - Previous names - Established 1448 Sister College(s) Pembroke College President Lord Eatwell Location Silver Street Undergraduates 490 Postgraduates 270 Homepage Boatclub The Gatehouse, as... Full name The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge Motto Facias Prosperum Iter Named after Jesus Lane & Jesus Parish Previous names - Established 1496 Sister College(s) Jesus College Master Prof. ...

The College has planning permission to add a further four phases to Ann's Court, with the work planned to be undertaken over the next twenty years. The remaining phases of the building project will extend the college's red-brick facade along Grange Road to the corner of West Road, adding two further accommodation blocks, a new library and an auditorium. Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required by property developers and private individuals in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on, or change the use of, a plot of land or to redevelop an existing building. ...

Arms

Selwyn College began to use its Arms long before an official grant by the College of Arms (they are displayed above the main gateway, built in 1881, and on the Common Seal, first used in 1882). Arms were finally applied for and granted in the 1960s, and are emblazoned as follows: Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... The entrance of the College of Arms. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

Per pale Gules and Argent a Cross potent quadrate Argent and Or between four crosses paty those to the dexter Argent those to the sinister Or For the See of Lichfield inpaling Argent on a Bend cotised Sable three Annulets Or for Selwyn all within a Bordure Sable And for Crest On a Wreath Or & Purpure In front of a Book erect bound Gules edged clasped and garnished Or a representation of the Pastoral Staff of Bishop Selwyn.

The dexter half of the arms (those of the See of Lichfield) are unusual, with or (gold) countercharged on argent (silver), violating the rule of tincture, which prohibits a metal to be charged with another metal. This is thought to refer to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which also famously violates this rule. The Pastoral Staff of Bishop Selwyn is based on a hardwood Māori staff which is held in the College Chapel. For a list of words with definitions, see the Heraldic tincture category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to blazon a coat of arms. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ...

The College was also granted a badge, A Mitre Or within an Annulet Purpure.

The College motto is a biblical quotation from 1 Corinthians, chapter 16, verse 13, in Greek, "ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ",[1] translated in the King James Version as "Quit ye like men"[2] (alternatively, in the Douay Rheims version, "Do manfully"[3] or, in the New American Bible, "Be courageous"[4]). The motto also appears as part of a longer quotation over the main College gate. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. ... This page is about the version of the Bible; for the Harvey Danger album, see King James Version (album). ... The Douai Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douay-Rheims Bible, was a Roman Catholic translation of the Holy Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. ... In 1970, the New American Bible (NAB) was first published. ...

Famous alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge

• Clive Anderson (comedian and television show host)
• Ralph Chubb (poet and printer)
• Graham Connah (archeologist)
• John Selwyn Gummer (politician)
• Robert Harris (author)
• Tom Hollander (actor)
• Karl Hudson-Phillips (judge)
• Simon Hughes (politician)
• Lionel Charles Knights (literary critic)
• Hugh Laurie (comedian and actor)
• Ran Laurie (1948 Olympic rowing gold medallist, coxless pairs)
• Ivan Lloyd-Phillips (civil servant)
• Sir Richard May (jurist)
• David Miller (political theorist)
• Barry Morgan (Archbishop of Wales)
• Malcolm Muggeridge (author and journalist)
• Robert Newman (comedian)
• Mario Petrucci (poet)
• John Sentamu (Archbishop of York) - former assistant chaplain at Selwyn College
• Adrian F.M. Smith (Academic) (statistician, proponent of Evidence-based policy)
• Sir Peter Smith (judge)
• Graham Stuart (politician)
• Nick Tanner (actor)
• David K.R. Thomson of Canada's wealthiest family

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Notes

1. ^ Varsity issue 647, page 6 http://www.varsity.co.uk/archive/647.pdf

See also

• Category:Fellows of Selwyn College, Cambridge
• Selwyn College JCRS - the representative body of the undergraduate population at the college.
• Selwyn Jazz - A student jazz band formed in the college.

Selwyn College Junior Combination Room Society (JCRS) is the students union for undergraduates students at Selwyn College, Cambridge University, England. ... Selwyn Jazz is a not for profit 20 piece Big band, drawing its musicians mostly from the student population of the University of Cambridge, England. ...

External links

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Selwyn College, Cambridge

• http://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/ - Official website
• http://www.selwynjcr.org/ - Official website of the Selwyn College JCRS
• http://www.selwynmcr.com/ - Official website of the Selwyn College MCR
• http://www.selwynsnowball.com/ - The Selwyn Snowball, Cambridge's only annual Winter ball (as opposed to the other Colleges' traditional May balls)
• A new court for Selwyn (University of Cambridge press release, 22 September 2005)
• http://www.selwynrowing.org.uk/ - Official Selwyn College Boat Club website