St Catharine's College at night

St Catharine’s College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. Download high resolution version (800x1000, 132 KB)St Catharines College Crest - flat This is the flat version, the embossed version is here This is a derivative work of Lupins original shield, now saved under the correct filename. ... Saint Catherine of Alexandria, known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Greek ) is a figure claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th Century who, at the age of only 18, is said to have visited the Emperor Maxentius and to... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... Most of the colleges of the University of Cambridge have sister colleges in the University of Oxford (and vice versa). ... College name Worcester College Collegium Vigorniense Named after Sir Thomas Cookes, Worcestershire Established 1714 Sister College St Catharines College Provost Richard Smethurst JCR President Minesh Tanna Undergraduates 408 MCR President Tom Marshall Graduates 167 Homepage Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x512, 80 KB) [edit] Summary St Catharines College, Cambridge [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): St Catharines College, Cambridge ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x512, 80 KB) [edit] Summary St Catharines College, Cambridge [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): St Catharines College, Cambridge ... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ...

Most Cambridge students refer to it by the nickname “Catz”. Catz has a reputation for being a very easy-going and well balanced college. The College has always generously contributed to the Cambridge team in the University boat race, providing three of the eight in both 2003 and 2004. The college was placed at the top of the Tompkins Table, which ranks the colleges by the class of degrees obtained by their undergraduates, for the first time, in 2005. The proportion of students from state schools is relatively high for Cambridge, though still only a slight majority. // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Robin, Bobby, Rab, Rabbie, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all nicknames for Robert). ... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ... Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Apparently, there is a long-running but good-natured feud with Queens’ College which apparently derives from Queens’ disapproval of Catz having built its court in front of Queens’, turning Cambridge’s former High Street into a back alley. In the 1970s St. Catharine’s built a modern block of flats named St Chad’s near the University Library, in which the rooms are octagonal to resemble the Catharine wheel on the college crest. Second year students reside in St. Chad’s while the First and Third years are at the main college site. A good number of Fourth years are also resident on the Island Site. 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... Cambridge University Library The Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of the University of Cambridge in England. ...

History

Robert Wodelarke, Provost of King’s College, had begun preparations for the founding of a new college as early as 1459 when he bought tenements on which the new college could be built. The preparation cost him a great deal of his private fortune (he was suspected of diverting King’s College funds), and he was forced to scale down the the foundation to only three Fellows. He stipulated that they must study theology and philosophy only. Full name The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas Et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College Provost Prof. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... This article is 58 kilobytes or more in size. ...

Wodelarke may have chosen the name in homage to the mother of King Henry VI who was called Catharine, although it is more likely that it was named as part of the Renaissance cult of St. Catharine, who was a patron saint of learning. At any rate, the college was ready for habitation and formally founded on St. Catharine’s day (November 25) 1473. There are six Saints Catharine, but the college was named for Saint Catharine of Alexandria. It was initially known as Katharine Hall. Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... Saint Catherine of Alexandria, known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Greek ) is a figure claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th Century who, at the age of only 18, is said to have visited the Emperor Maxentius and to...

St. Catharine’s College, as seen from Trumpington Street, showing the open court.

The initial foundation was not well-provided for. Wodelarke was principally interested in the welfare of Fellows and the College had no undergraduates at all for many years. However, by 1550 there was an increasing number of junior students and the focus of the College changed to that of teaching undergraduates. A rapid growth made it necessary to expand the college and short-lived additions were made in 1622. By 1630 the College began to demolish its existing buildings which were decaying, and started work on the current buildings. The three-sided court, which is almost unique among colleges in Cambridge (with the exceptions of Jesus and Downing in addition to St. Catharine’s sister college - Worcester - which has a three-sided quad, which may well be the same thing), was built over the period 1675 to 1757. Proposals for a final range of buildings to complete the fourth side of the court were made on many occasions up to the 20th century. Download high resolution version (1177x623, 345 KB)St. ... Download high resolution version (1177x623, 345 KB)St. ... Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1637 the College came into possession of the George Inn (later the Bull Inn) on Trumpington Street. Behind this Inn was a stables which was already famous for the practice of its manager, Thomas Hobson, not to allow a hirer to take any horse other than the one longest in the stable, leading to the expression “Hobson’s choice” meaning no choice at all. Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... Thomas Hobson (1544?-1631), sometimes called The Cambridge Carrier, is best known as the name behind the expression Hobsons choice. ... Hobsons choice is an apparently free choice that is really no choice at all. ...

The college was granted new statutes in 1860 and adopted its current name. In 1880, a movement to merge the college with King’s College began. The two colleges were adjacent and it seemed a solution to King’s need for more rooms and St. Catharine’s need for a more substantial financial basis. However, the Master (Charles Kirkby Robinson) was opposed and St. Catharine’s eventually refused. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Full name The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas Et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College Provost Prof. ...

A history of the college was written by W.H.S. Jones in 1936. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Famous alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge

• John Addenbrooke, founder of Addenbrooke’s Hospital
• Herbert Rowse Armstrong, only English solicitor to be hanged for murder
• Harivansh Rai ‘Bachchan’, 20th century Indian poet
• Nathaniel Bacon, revolutionary in Virginia
• John Bayliss, poet
• Peter Boizot, founder of Pizza Express
• James Bond, fictional British spy Agent 007 (see Terence Young below)
• Howard Brenton, playwright
• Adam Buddle, after whom the Buddleia is named
• Henry William Bunbury, caricaturist
• Oliver Cromwell, second son of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
• John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts of Gowran, MP and army commander
• John Bacchus Dykes, Victorian hymn-writer
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
• Jenny R. Fray, first female Captain with British Airways
• Leo Genn, actor
• Sir Peter Hall, stage manager and director
• Leslie Halliwell, film reviewer
• Joanne Harris, author
• Sir Peter Hirsch materials scientist
• Emyr Jones Parry, United Nations diplomat
• Malcolm Lowry, writer
• Sir Ian McKellen, actor
• Roy MacLaren, Canadian diplomat
• Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal
• Michael Morris (Lord Naseby), former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
• Sir Geoffrey Pattie, former Minister of State for Information and Technology, and former Minister of State for Defence Procurement during the Falklands War
• Jeremy Paxman, television journalist
• Sam Pickering, Professor of English at the University of Connecticut and the inspiration for the Keating character (played by Robin Williams) in the film Dead Poets Society
• Noel Thompson, television journalist
• Steve Punt, comedian
• John Ray, naturalist
• Thomas Sherlock, theologian
• James Shirley, Elizabethan poet and playwright
• Prince Arun Singh, former Defence Minister of India
• Donald Soper, Methodist minister and campaigner
• Andrew Lewis, Welsh superstar
• John Strype, historian
• Tunku Abdul Rahman, first Prime Minister of Malaysia
• William Wotton, historian
• Terence Young, screenwriter and film director (including James Bond films Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball)

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Terence Young in the 1960s Stewart Terence Herbert Young (June 20, 1915 – September 7, 1994) was a British film director, born in Shanghai, China, was public-school educated, and read Oriental History at St Catharines College in the University of Cambridge (like the fictional character James Bond - see below). ... Howard Brenton (born December 13, 1942) is an English playwright, who was educated at St Catharines College, Cambridge. ... Species About 100 species, including: Buddleja albiflora Buddleja alternifolia Buddleja americana Buddleja asiatica Buddleja auriculata Buddleja australis Buddleja bhutanica Buddleja candida Buddleja colvilei Buddleja crispa Buddleja crotonoides Buddleja curviflora Buddleja davidii Buddleja delavayi Buddleja fallowiana Buddleja forrestii Buddleja globosa Buddleja indica Buddleja japonica Buddleja lindleyana Buddleja madagascariensis Buddleja marrubiifolia Buddleja... Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811), was an English caricaturist. ... 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Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah (February 8, 1903–December 6, 1990) usually known as the Tunku (a princely title in Malaysia), and also called Bapa Kemerdekaan (Father of Independence) or Bapa Malaysia (Father of Malaysia), was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya... William Wotton (August 13, 1666 - February 13, 1727), was an English scholar, chiefly remembered for his involvement in The Battle of the Books. ... Terence Young in the 1960s Stewart Terence Herbert Young (June 20, 1915 – September 7, 1994) was a British film director, born in Shanghai, China, was public-school educated, and read Oriental History at St Catharines College in the University of Cambridge (like the fictional character James Bond - see below). ... This article is about the character. ... Dr. No is the first James Bond film in the official EON Productions series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent James Bond. ... 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See also

• Category:Fellows of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
• St Catherine’s College, Oxford

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