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The University of Cambridge had its origins in 1209 when a group of scholars from Oxford, escaping riots and disorder, settled in Cambridge to study. At first, the scholars lived in rented hostels, and gradually they evolved a distinct organization with Masters and other officials.
4 days ago · In 1891 a day training college was founded with Browning as principal, from which small and struggling institution the modern department of education has developed.
Aug 31, 2022 · Exactly 50 years ago, three previously all-male Cambridge colleges admitted a handful of female undergraduates, thus ending centuries of exclusion. The university is poised to commemorate...
- Stella Hughes
Many of the University's customs and unusual terminology can be traced to roots in the early years of the University's long history, and this section of our website looks to the past to find the origins of much that is distinctive in the University of today.
Year YearEvent EventYear 1209Event Groups of scholars congregate at ...Year 1284Event Peterhouse, the first College at ...Year 1347Event Mary, Countess of Pembroke, founds ...Year 1446Event Henry VI, founder of Eton and of ...Homerton College, Cambridge. Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [3] Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894, the college moved from Homerton High Street, Hackney, London, to Cambridge.
The oldest college is Peterhouse, founded in 1284, [6] and the newest is Robinson, founded in 1977. [7] Homerton, which was first founded in the eighteenth century as a dissenting academy (and later teacher training college), attained full college status in 2010.
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To better understand the history of Trinity College it is recommended that you refer to the history of the University of Cambridge for some background information. King Henry VIII founded the College in 1546 as one of the very last acts of his life.
