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- Founded in 1473, St Catharine's College is a welcoming community of students, staff and Fellows in the heart of Cambridge. As a College of the University of Cambridge, we are dedicated to academic excellence and to recruiting the most able students, whatever their backgrounds, to join our teaching and research community.
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St Catharine’s College turned 550 on 25 November 2023, the Feast of St Catharine’s, and the College community has been proud to celebrate this important milestone by reflecting on our historical inheritance, applauding our present-day achievements, and honouring the generosity of benefactors over successive generations.
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"Cambridge as a settlement has existed since the Iron Age –and perhaps older. It was known by at least three names before Cambridge stuck; the Romans called it Duroliponte (a fort which occupied what is now Castle Hill), the native British name survives in the modern Welsh Caergrawnt, and the first English name was Grantebrycge. To understand why t...
"Sadly, attractive may slightly overstate the circumstances of the University of Cambridge's founding. Much to our chagrin, Cambridge's foundation owes a great deal to circumstance – it was created by scholars fleeing Oxford in 1209 after a series of disputes between the town and the university. What drew them to Cambridge in particular depends on ...
"The guild statutes are perhaps my favourite Cambridge-based historical source, and there are plenty of mentions in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle too. I am particularly partial, though, to another source. My Master's thesis is investigating the Arthur legend across England and Wales; the earliest attestation of Arthur by name is in a text called the Hi...
Oct 18, 2024 · Founded in 1473, St Catharine’s College (affectionately known as ‘Catz’) is a welcoming, thriving and vibrant academic community of approximately 1,000 students, Fellows and staff located in the heart of Cambridge.
St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [2] Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall , it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed " Catz ".
Having to cut short their original plans due to lack of funds, Lady Katharine Hall (as it was originally known) was one of the smallest colleges in Cambridge for almost 200 years, until 1630, when construction began on the land on which the College now stands.
Founded in 1473, St Catharine’s (known affectionately as Catz) is located in the heart of Cambridge, in walking distance of most university faculties and departments – and the river, shops, and social events…
Named in honour of St Catharine of Alexandria, the college has grown from its modest beginnings to become known for its strong performance. Founded in 1473 by Robert Woodlark, then Provost of King’s College, St Catharine’s College is one of the historic colleges at the University of Cambridge.
