Queens' College (Cambridge)

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The Queen's College of Saint Margaret and Saint Bernard in the University of Cambridge
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motto May this House Flourish (Floreat Domus)
founding 1448
Sponsorship University of Cambridge
place Cambridge
President Lord Eatwell
Students 490
postgraduates : 270
Website www.quns.cam.ac.uk
The "Gatehouse" as seen from the Old Court.

The Queens' College is one of 31  colleges of English from Cambridge University . It was first founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou . It was founded a second time in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville , wife of King Edward IV . This is also expressed in the spelling of the popular name of the college, as the name means Queens' (plural for Queen) and not Queen’s College. Nevertheless, the official name is: "The Queen's College of St Margaret and St Bernard in the University of Cambridge."

Queens' College is one of several colleges in Cambridge that has its buildings on both banks of the River Cam (the others are King's College , Clare College , Trinity Hall College , Trinity College , St John's College , and the Magdalene College ). The President's Lodge at Queens' College is the oldest building on the river in Cambridge (c. 1460).

Mathematical Bridge

The so-called Mathematical Bridge (German: "Mathematicians Bridge") connects the older half of the college (also called "The Dark Side" by the students) with the newer half ("The Light Side"), and is probably one of the most popular most of the subjects photographed by Cambridge. It is popularly known that the bridge was originally designed and built by Sir Isaac Newton , without nuts and bolts , so that it only holds by its own counterweight. Allegedly, college students tried to take the bridge apart and then put it back together again. They would have failed and had to reassemble the bridge this time with bolts and nuts. That's why you can see corresponding screws and nuts nowadays. But this story is clearly wrong: The bridge was built in 1749, 22 years after Newton's death, by James Essex the Younger (1722–1784), based on the design of William Etheridge (1709–1776). The bridge was rebuilt twice (1866 and 1905), but always according to the old designs. Another myth says that the bridge is of Chinese origin and that its shape and suspension can be traced back to certain mathematical formulas, from which the name can also be derived.

The "Mathematical Bridge" in Cambridge

Fitzpatrick Hall

Queens' College is unique among Cambridge colleges because it has the so-called Fitzpatrick Hall as a multi-purpose hall. It can be used for theater performances, films and sports activities.

Alumni

The President's Lodge
The Cloister Court with the Long Gallery on the left side.

List of presidents

Most college chairs are called masters ; Queens' College is referred to the chairman as president (Engl. President ) since 1448. Below is a list of Presidents:

  • 1448–1484: Andrew Dokett
  • 1484-1505: Thomas Wilkynson
  • 1505-1508: St John Fisher
  • 1508-1519: Robert Bekensaw
  • 1519-1525: John Jenyn
  • 1525-1527: Thomas Farman
  • 1527-1529: William Frankleyn
  • 1529–1537: Simon Heynes
  • 1537-1553: William Mey
  • 1553-1557: William Glynne
  • 1557–1559: Thomas Pecocke
  • 1559–1560: William Mey (second term)
  • 1560-1568: John Stokes
  • 1568-1579: William Chaderton
  • 1579-1614: Humphrey Tindall
  • 1614-1622: John Davenant
  • 1622-1631: John Mansell
  • 1631-1644: Edward Martin
  • 1644-1647: Herbert Palmer
  • 1647-1660: Thomas Horton
  • 1660–1662: Edward Martin, restored
  • 1662-1667: Anthony Sparrow
  • 1667-1675: William Wells
  • 1675-1717: Henry James
  • 1717-1732: John Davies
  • 1732-1760: William Sedgwick
  • 1760-1788: Robert Plumptre
  • 1788-1820: Isaac Milner
  • 1820-1832: Henry Godfrey
  • 1832-1857: Joshua King
  • 1857-1892: George Phillips
  • 1892-1896: William Magan Campion
  • 1896-1901: Herbert Edward Ryle
  • 1901–1906: Frederic Henry Chase
  • 1906–1931: Thomas Cecil Fitzpatrick
  • 1932–1958: John Archibald Venn
  • 1958-1970: Arthur Llewellyn Armitage
  • 1970-1982: Derek William Bowett
  • 1982–1988: Ernest Ronald Oxburgh
  • 1988–1996: John Charlton Polkinghorne
  • 1997 – present: John Leonard Eatwell

See also

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 8 ″  N , 0 ° 6 ′ 53 ″  E