83-758: The Trinity Mathematical Society , abbreviated TMS , was founded in Trinity College, Cambridge in 1919 by G. H. Hardy to "promote the discussion of subjects of mathematical interest". It is the oldest mathematical university society in the United Kingdom and is believed to be the oldest existing subject society at any British university. Today, the society is one of the largest societies in Trinity College, with nearly 600 members, and each year holds an extensive range of talks, together with social events including an annual cricket match against
166-529: A Cambridge Union Society charity raffle in 1985. In 2023, the college replaced the chair leg with a sceptre to mark the 75th birthday of Charles III , an alumnus of the college. In 1704, the University's first astronomical observatory was built on top of the gatehouse. Beneath the founder's statue are the coats of arms of Edward III , the founder of King's Hall, and those of his five sons who survived to maturity, as well as William of Hatfield, whose shield
249-892: A director of the Bank of England James Parker Smith Trinity Barrister and politician who served as Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for Partick W. J. H. Sprott Clare Psychologist and writer Edward Stanley Trinity Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Colonial Secretary , and 15th Earl of Derby Vincent Henry Stanton Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University James Kenneth Stephen 17 May 1879 King's Poet and royal tutor Leslie Stephen King's Writer and mountaineer ; father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell John Sterling Trinity Author Lytton Strachey Trinity Writer, critic, and
332-770: A fellow of King's College , and cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park during World War II Gordon Luce Emmanuel Orientalist and colonial scholar in Burma Vernon Lushington Trinity Deputy Judge Advocate General and Second Secretary to the Admiralty Donald MacAlister 1876 St. John's Chancellor of the University of Glasgow William Herrick Macaulay 20 May 1876 King's Mathematician Desmond MacCarthy Trinity Writer and
415-708: A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group Michael Straight Trinity Magazine publisher , novelist , and Soviet spy Saxon Sydney-Turner early 1900s Trinity British civil servant and a member of Bloomsbury Group Alfred, Lord Tennyson Trinity Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom George Derwent Thomson 10 November 1923 King's Classical scholar , Marxist philosopher , and scholar of
498-426: A higher proportion attend private schools in their final two years before university. Trinity states that it disregards what type of school its applicants attend, and accepts students solely on the basis of their academic prospects. Trinity admitted its first female graduate student in 1976, its first female undergraduate in 1978 and elected its first female fellow ( Marian Hobson ) in 1977. The Scholars, together with
581-1757: A key member of the Cambridge Five Nathaniel Wedd 25 February 1888 King's Historian and academic Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet Trinity Chief Officer of the London and North Eastern Railway and chairman of the Railway Executive Committee James Welldon 6 February 1875 King's Clergyman and scholar Brooke Foss Westcott Trinity Bishop of Durham , scholar, and theologian Alfred North Whitehead Trinity Mathematician and philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein Trinity Philosopher and logician Leonard Woolf Trinity Author and publisher; husband of Virginia Woolf References [ edit ] ^ "The Apostles, up to 1930" . King's College Cambridge . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Lubenow, W. C. (1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-521-57213-2 Retrieved 21 July 2019. ^ "A Cambridge Secret Revealed:
664-693: A long-standing relationship with the Parish of St George's, Camberwell , in South London. Students from the College have helped to run holiday schemes for children from the parish since 1966. The relationship was formalised in 1979 with the establishment of Trinity in Camberwell as a registered charity. The Great Gate is the main entrance to the college, leading to the Great Court . A statue of
747-507: A member of Bloomsbury Group Douglas Heath Trinity Barrister , judge, literary editor , classical scholar , and writer Arthur Helps Trinity Writer and dean of the Privy Council Eric Hobsbawm 193x King's Academic historian and Marxist historiographer Alan Hodgkin 1935 Trinity Biophysicist and co-winner of
830-839: A member of Bloomsbury Group Roger Fry 28 May 1887 King's Painter and critic Robin Gandy King's Mathematician and logician Walford Davis Green 6 March 1905 King's House of Commons of the United Kingdom Arthur Hallam Trinity Poet Thomas Oliver Harding 1872 Trinity Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University G. H. Hardy Trinity Mathematician Francis Haskell King's Art historian Ralph George Hawtrey Trinity Economist and
913-511: A new college. The king did not want to use royal funds, so he instead combined two colleges ( King's Hall and Michaelhouse ) and seven hostels to form Trinity. The monastic lands granted by Henry VIII were not on their own sufficient to ensure Trinity's eventual rise. In terms of architecture and royal association, it was not until the Mastership of Thomas Nevile (1593–1615) that Trinity assumed both its spaciousness and its association with
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#1732772210109996-484: A smaller proportion of students from state schools (39%) than any other Cambridge college, and on a rolling three-year average it has admitted a smaller proportion of state school pupils (42%) than any other college at either Cambridge or Oxford. According to the Good Schools Guide , about 7% of British school-age students attend private schools, although this figure refers to students in all school years –
1079-527: Is a performance space for the College Choir which comprises around thirty Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars , all of whom are ordinarily students at the University. The Fellows' Garden is located on the west side of Queen's Road , opposite the drive that leads to the Backs. The Fellows' Bowling Green is located north of Great Court, between King's Hostel and the river. It is the site for many of
1162-408: Is blank as he died as an infant, before being granted arms. Great Court (built 1599–1608) was the brainchild of Thomas Nevile , who demolished several existing buildings on this site, including almost the entirety of the former college of Michaelhouse . The sole remaining building of Michaelhouse was replaced by the then current Kitchens (designed by James Essex ) in 1770–1775. The Master's Lodge
1245-506: Is located between Great Court and the river, this court was created by a bequest by the college's master, Thomas Nevile , originally two-thirds of its current length and without the Wren Library . The court was extended and the appearance of the upper floor remodelled slightly in 1758 by James Essex . Cloisters run around the court, providing sheltered walkways from the rear of Great Hall to the college library and reading room as well as
1328-565: Is located to the south of the Wolfson Building, on top of podium a floor up from ground level, and including the upper floors of several surrounding Georgian buildings on Trinity Street, Green Street and Sidney Street . Burrell's Field (built 1995, MJP Architects) is located on a site to the west of the main College buildings, opposite the Cambridge University Library . Trinity College Chapel dates from
1411-556: Is that the Latin alphabet did not have the letter J—the older courts of St John's College also lack J staircases. There are also two small muzzle-loading cannons on the bowling green pointing in the direction of John's, though this orientation may be coincidental. Another story sometimes told is that the reason that the clock in Trinity Great Court strikes each hour twice is that the fellows of St John's once complained about
1494-652: Is the official residence of the Sovereign when in Cambridge. King's Hostel (built 1377–1416) is located to the north of Great Court, behind the clock tower . This is, along with the King's Gate, the sole remaining building from King's Hall . Bishop's Hostel (built 1671) is a detached building to the southwest of Great Court, and named after John Hacket , Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Additional buildings were built in 1878 by Arthur Blomfield. Nevile's Court (built 1614)
1577-466: Is the richest Oxbridge college with a landholding alone worth £800 million. For comparison, the second richest college in Cambridge ( St. John's ) has estimated assets of around £780 million, and the richest college in Oxford ( Magdelen ) has about £940 million. In 2005, Trinity's annual rental income from its properties was reported to be in excess of £20 million. Trinity has some of
1660-458: Is used along with the Wolfson Building for accommodating first year students. The Wolfson Building (built 1968–1972, Architects' Co-Partnership ) is located to the south of Whewell's Court, on top of a podium above shops, this building resembles a brick-clad ziggurat, and is used exclusively for first-year accommodation. Having been renovated during the academic year 2005–06, many rooms are now en-suite. Blue Boar Court (built 1989, MJP Architects )
1743-570: The British royal family have studied at Trinity and been awarded degrees: Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh , who gained an MA in 1790, and King Charles III , who was awarded a lower second class BA in 1970. Royal family members that have studied at Trinity without obtaining degrees include Edward VII , George VI , and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester . The Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge contains
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#17327722101091826-1138: The European Economic Community , Belgium , Luxembourg , and the Netherlands ; economist; and first director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research Richard Claverhouse Jebb 1859 Trinity Classical scholar and MP for Cambridge John Mitchell Kemble Trinity Scholar and historian who made one of the first translations of Beowulf Benjamin Hall Kennedy St John's Scholar and schoolmaster John Maynard Keynes 28 February 1903 King's Economist Henry Lintott 30 November 1929 King's British High Commissioner to Canada Richard Llewelyn-Davies, Baron Llewelyn-Davies Trinity Architect D. W. Lucas 7 November 1925 King's Classical scholar ,
1909-860: The International Federation of Actors Erasmus Alvey Darwin Christ's Brother of Charles Darwin Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson 14 February 1885 King's Historian, political philosopher , and activist James Hamilton Doggart King's Ophthalmologist , cricketer , and a member of the Bloomsbury Group Frederic Farrar Trinity Dean of Canterbury , school teacher, and author E. M. Forster 9 February 1901 King's Novelist, writer, and
1992-855: The Irish language George Tomlinson 1 April 1820 St John's first Bishop of Gibraltar Richard Chenevix Trench Trinity Archbishop of Dublin , Primate of Ireland , and poet G. M. Trevelyan Trinity Chancellor of Durham University ; Master and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge R. C. Trevelyan Trinity Poet and translator A. W. Verrall 1877 Trinity Classics scholar Francis Warre-Cornish c. 1860 King's Schoolmaster, scholar, and writer Ronald Watkins 24 October 1925 King's Drama teacher and director Alister Watson 29 January 1927 King's Mathematician and
2075-982: The Society for Psychical Research Quentin Skinner Christ's A founder of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought ; winner of the Wolfson History Prize and the Balzan Prize Arthur Smith Trinity Archaeologist and curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum ; director of the British School at Rome Henry Babington Smith Trinity Senior British civil servant and
2158-545: The Tompkins Table (the annual unofficial league table of Cambridge colleges), coming top from 2011 to 2017, and regaining the position in 2024. Trinity was the top-performing college for the 2020–21 undergraduate exams, obtaining the highest percentage of good honours. Trinity's many college societies include the Trinity Mathematical Society , the oldest mathematical university society in
2241-497: The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the main pre-1992 UK University pension provider. In response, more than 500 Cambridge academics signed an open letter undertaking to "refuse to supervise Trinity students or to engage in other discretionary work in support of Trinity's teaching and research activities". On 17 February 2020, protestors from the campaign group Extinction Rebellion dug up
2324-602: The University of London Ferenc Békássy 27 January 1911 King's Poet Julian Bell 17 November 1928 King's Poet Hugh Blackburn Trinity Professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow George Holmes Blakesley 28 February 1868 King's Author Joseph Blakesley Trinity Canon of Canterbury Cathedral and Dean of Lincoln Anthony Blunt Trinity Art historian and Soviet spy who
2407-564: The classical theory of electromagnetic radiation Robert John Grote Mayor 2 March 1888 King's Civil servant and educationist Norman McLean 1888 Christ's Semitic and Biblical scholar J. M. E. McTaggart Trinity Metaphysician and philosopher Jonathan Miller St John's theatre and opera director , actor, author, television presenter , and humourist Richard Monckton Milnes Trinity Poet, patron of literature, and
2490-537: The river . For the finale, John Wilbye 's madrigal Draw on, sweet night , the raft is unmoored and punted downstream to give a fade out effect. As a tradition, however, this latter concert dates back only to the mid-1980s, when the College Choir first acquired female members. In the years immediately before this, an annual concert on the river was given by the University Madrigal Society. Another tradition relates to an artificial duck known as
2573-824: The 121 received by members of the University of Cambridge (the highest of any college at either Oxford or Cambridge). Members of the college have received four Fields Medals , one Turing Award and one Abel Prize . Trinity alumni include the father of the scientific method (or empiricism ) Francis Bacon , six British prime ministers (the highest number of any Cambridge college), physicists Isaac Newton , James Clerk Maxwell , Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr , mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan and Charles Babbage , poets Lord Byron and Lord Tennyson , English jurist Edward Coke , writers Vladimir Nabokov and A. A. Milne , historians Lord Macaulay and G. M. Trevelyan and philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell (whom it expelled before reaccepting). Two members of
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2656-490: The 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology F. J. A. Hort Trinity Anglican theologian George Howard 1864 Trinity Painter and the 9th Earl of Carlisle Henry Jackson 1863 Trinity Vice-master of Trinity College and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge Lal Jayawardena King's Sri Lankan Ambassador to
2739-705: The 1st Baron Houghton James Mirrlees Trinity British Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert Monteith Trinity Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark , Scotland G. E. Moore Trinity Philosopher and one of the founders of analytic philosophy Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet Trinity Jurist Dennis Proctor 22 October 1927 King's British civil servant ; Knight Companion of
2822-624: The Adams Society of St John's College, Cambridge . The society has hosted a range of distinguished speakers, including: M.Atiyah , A.Baker ; B.Birch ; C.Birkar ; B.Bollobás ; M.Born ; J.H.Conway ; H.S.M.Coxeter ; H.Davenport ; P.Dirac ; F.W.Dyson ; O.R.Frisch ; W.T.Gowers ; G.H.Hardy ; W.V.D.Hodge ; P.Kaptiza ; E.Landau ; J.E.Littlewood ; L.J.Mordell ; R.Penrose ; G.Polya ; R.Rado ; F.Ramsey ; B.Russell ; E.Rutherford ; L.Susskind ; P.Swinnerton-Dyer ; J.J.Thomson ; W.Thurston ; F.Wilczek ; L.Wittgenstein . The logo of
2905-642: The Apostles" . King's College Cambridge . January 2011 . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Datta, Taneesha (31 March 2023). " 'A hotbed of vice': the Cambridge Apostles" . Varsity Online . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Lownie, Andrew (2016). Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess . Hodder and Stoughton. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-473-62738-3 . ^ Rosner, Victoria (2014). The Cambridge Companion to
2988-911: The Armed Forces Guy Burgess Trinity Radio producer , British intelligence and Foreign Office officer, and Soviet spy who was a member of the Cambridge Five John Cairncross Trinity British intelligence officer and Soviet spy William Dougal Christie Trinity British diplomat, politician, and man of letters William Cookesley 8 November 1928 Trinity Classical scholar , cleric , and master of Eton College William Johnson Cory 10 March 1844 King's Educator and poet Gerald Croasdell Pembroke Trade unionist and general secretary of
3071-551: The Bloomsbury Group . Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-107-01824-2 . Retrieved 3 January 2018. ^ "Wolfson College salutes Robin Gandy on his centenary | Wolfson College, Oxford" . 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020 . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Leadbetter, Emma. "Tennyson at Cambridge: The Apostles" . Cambridge Authors . Archived from
3154-582: The British Olympic runners of 1924. The run was filmed at Eton College in Berkshire, not in Great Court. Until the mid-1990s, the run was traditionally attempted by first-year students at midnight following their matriculation dinner. Following a number of accidents to undergraduates running on slippery cobbles, the college now organises a more formal Great Court Run, at 12 noon on the day of
3237-629: The Mallard, which should reside in the rafters of the Great Hall. Students occasionally moved the duck from one rafter to another without permission from the college. This is considered difficult; access to the Hall outside meal-times is prohibited and the rafters are dangerously high, so it was not attempted for several years. During the Easter term of 2006, the Mallard was knocked off its rafter by one of
3320-520: The Master and Fellows, make up the Foundation of the College . In order of seniority: These scholarships are tenable for the academic year following that in which the result was achieved. If a scholarship is awarded but the student does not continue at Trinity then only a quarter of the stipend is given. However, all students who achieve a First are awarded an additional £240 prize upon announcement of
3403-616: The Order of the Bath Marlborough Pryor Trinity Businessman Walter Raleigh 28 October 1882 King's Scholar, poet, and author Frank Plumpton Ramsey 22 October 1921 King's Philosopher and economist Thomas Robinson Trinity Archdeacon of Madras ; Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge ; and Master of
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3486-641: The Oxford college of the same name. In the 20th century, Trinity College, St John's College and King's College were for decades the main recruiting grounds for the Cambridge Apostles , an elite, intellectual secret society. In 2011, the John Templeton Foundation awarded Trinity College's Master, the astrophysicist Martin Rees , its controversial million-pound Templeton Prize , for "affirming life's spiritual dimension". Trinity
3569-1384: The Rise of Mathematical Physics . University of Chicago Press. p. 198. ^ Deacon, Richard, The Cambridge Apostles: a history of Cambridge University's élite intellectual secret society (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986), pp. 124-5. ISBN 0-374-11820-5 ^ Lubenow, William C. (29 October 1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life . Cambridge University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-521-57213-2 . ^ McGuinness, Brian. Wittgenstein: A Life: Young Ludwig 1889-1921 . University of California Press, 1988, p. 118. ^ "Lord Shore of Stepney" . The Independent . 26 September 2001 . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Lubenow, William C. (29 October 1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life . Cambridge University Press. pp. 36 and 256. ISBN 978-0-521-57213-2 . ^ W. C. Lubenow, The Cambridge Apostles 1820-1914 , Cambridge University Press, 1999. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Cambridge_Apostles_members&oldid=1249107666 " Categories : Clubs and societies of
3652-528: The River Cam. It was built of Portland stone in 1765 to the designs of James Essex to replace an earlier bridge built in 1651 and is a Grade I listed building. Over the last twenty years, the college has always come at least eighth in the Tompkins Table , which ranks the twenty-nine undergraduate Cambridge colleges according to the academic performance of their undergraduates, and for the last six occasions it has been in first place. Its average position in
3735-967: The Temple Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild Trinity Banker, scientist, intelligence officer , and government advisor Bertrand Russell Trinity Philosopher and logician ; one of the founders of analytic philosophy Dadie Rylands 25 February 1922 King's Literary scholar and theatre director Amartya Sen Trinity Economist and philosopher John Tresidder Sheppard 8 February 1902 King's Classical scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge Peter Shore King's British Labour Party politician and Cabinet minister Gerald Shove 30 January 1909 King's Economist Henry Sidgwick Trinity Philosopher and economist ; founder and first president of
3818-583: The Tompkins Table over that period has been between second and third, higher than any other. In 2016, 45% of Trinity undergraduates achieved First Class Honours, twelve percentage points ahead of second place Pembroke – a record among Cambridge colleges. Trinity's history, academic performance and alumni have made it one of the most prestigious constituent colleges of the University, making admission extremely competitive. About 50% of Trinity's undergraduates attended independent schools. In 2006 it accepted
3901-579: The United Kingdom, and the First and Third Trinity Boat Club , its rowing club which gives its name to the May ball . Along with Christ's , Jesus , King's and St John's colleges, it has provided several well-known members of the Cambridge Apostles , an intellectual secret society . In 1848, Trinity hosted the meeting at which Cambridge undergraduates representing fee-paying private schools codified
3984-585: The Wren Library and New Court. The Wren Library (built 1676–1695, Christopher Wren ) is located at the west end of Nevile's Court, the Wren is one of Cambridge's most famous and well-endowed libraries. Among its notable possessions are two of Shakespeare 's First Folios, a 14th-century manuscript of The Vision of Piers Plowman , letters written by Sir Isaac Newton, and the Eadwine Psalter . Below
4067-423: The authorities. The students then inserted another bicycle. Whewell's Court (1860–1868, Anthony Salvin ) is located across the street from Great Court, and was entirely paid for by William Whewell , the Master of the college from 1841 until his death in 1866. The north range was later remodelled by W.D. Caroe . Angel Court (built 1957–1959, H. C. Husband ) is located between Great Court and Trinity Street , and
4150-643: The black gowns favoured by most other Cambridge colleges. They are instead dark blue with black facings. They are expected to be worn to formal events such as formal halls and also when an undergraduate sees the Dean of the College in a formal capacity. Trinity students, along with those of King's and St John's , are the first to be presented to the Congregation of the Regent House at graduation. Members of Trinity have been awarded 34 Nobel Prizes out of
4233-466: The building are the pleasant Wren Library Cloisters, where students may enjoy a fine view of the Great Hall in front of them, and the river and Backs directly behind. New Court (or King's Court ; built 1825, William Wilkins ) is located to the south of Nevile's Court, and built in Tudor-Gothic style; this court is notable for the large tree in the centre. A myth is sometimes circulated that this
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#17327722101094316-415: The challenge difficult is that they started at the middle of one side of the court, having to negotiate four right-angle turns. In the days when students started at a corner, only three turns were needed. In addition, Cram and Coe ran entirely on the flagstones, while until 2017 students have typically cut corners to run on the cobbles. The Great Court Run was portrayed in the film Chariots of Fire about
4399-581: The circuit on the day of the Matriculation Dinner. It is a difficult challenge: one needs to be a fine sprinter to achieve it, but it is not necessary to be of Olympic standard, despite assertions made in the press. It is widely believed that Sebastian Coe successfully completed the run when he beat Steve Cram in a charity race in October 1988. Coe's time on 29 October 1988 was reported by Norris McWhirter to have been 45.52 seconds, but it
4482-417: The college founder, Henry VIII , stands in a niche above the doorway. In 1983, Trinity College undergraduate Lance Anisfeld , then Vice-President of CURLS (Cambridge Union Raving Loony Society), replaced the chair leg with a bicycle pump. Once discovered the following day, the college removed the pump and replaced it with another chair leg. The original chair leg was auctioned off by TV Presenter Chris Serle at
4565-827: The college. Other notable female Fellows include Anne Barton , Marilyn Strathern , Catherine Barnard , Lynn Gladden and Rebecca Fitzgerald . This list includes winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences , which is not one of the five Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel 's will in 1895. Four members or alumni of Trinity College have been awarded the Fields Medal . Other Trinity politicians include Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , courtier of Elizabeth I ; William Waddington , Prime Minister of France; Erskine Hamilton Childers , fourth President of Ireland; Jawaharlal Nehru ,
4648-526: The early rules of Association football , known as the Cambridge Rules . Trinity's sister college is Christ Church, Oxford . Trinity has been linked with Westminster School since the school's re-foundation in 1560, and its Master is an ex officio governor of the school. The college was founded by Henry VIII in 1546, from the merger of two existing colleges: Michaelhouse (founded by Hervey de Stanton in 1324), and King's Hall (established by Edward II in 1317 and refounded by Edward III in 1337). At
4731-440: The enlargement and completion of Great Court and the construction of Nevile's Court between Great Court and the river Cam . Nevile's Court was completed in the late 17th century with the Wren Library , designed by Christopher Wren . Nevile's building campaign drove the college into debt from which it surfaced only in the 1640s, and the Mastership of Richard Bentley adversely affected applications and finances. Bentley himself
4814-435: The first and longest serving Prime Minister of India ; Rajiv Gandhi , Prime Minister of India; Lee Hsien Loong , Prime Minister of Singapore; Samir Rifai , Prime Minister of Jordan; Richard Blumenthal , incumbent senior US Senator from Connecticut; and William Whitelaw , Home Secretary and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister. The head of Trinity College is called the Master. The role is a Crown appointment, formally made by
4897-399: The foremost literary and dramatic critic of his day John Gorham Maitland Trinity Academic and civil servant Arthur Malkin 1826 Trinity Cricketer , writer, and alpinist F. D. Maurice Trinity Anglican socialist theologian James Clerk Maxwell Trinity Physicist responsible for
4980-402: The front lawn of Trinity College to protest against the College's investments in fossil fuels and its negotiations to sell off a farm in Suffolk that was to be turned into a lorry park. Lord Byron purportedly kept a pet bear whilst living in the college. Trinity is also often cited as the inventor of an English version of crème brûlée , known as "Trinity burnt cream". Trinity College has
5063-410: The governing class that distinguished it since the Civil War. In its infancy Trinity had owed a great deal to its neighbouring college of St John's : in the words of Roger Ascham , Trinity was a colonia deducta . Most of Trinity's major buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries. Thomas Nevile , who became Master of Trinity in 1593, rebuilt and redesigned much of the college. This work included
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#17327722101095146-400: The grass in the college courts is exclusive to Fellows of the college and their guests. Scholars do, however, have the right to walk on the Scholars' Lawn, but only in full academic dress. The Great Court Run requires a circuit of the 400-yard perimeter of Great Court , in the 43 seconds of the clock striking 12. The time varies according to humidity. Students traditionally attempt to complete
5229-402: The graves of 27 Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge most of whom are also commemorated in Trinity College Chapel with brass plaques. Charles III , King of the United Kingdom , attended from 1967 to 1970. Marian Hobson was the first woman to become a Fellow of the college, having been elected in 1977, and her portrait now hangs in the college hall along with those of other notable members of
5312-422: The matriculation dinner: while some contestants compete seriously, many others run in fancy dress and there are prizes for the fastest man and woman in each category. {{{annotations}}} One Sunday each June, the College Choir perform a short concert immediately after the clock strikes noon. Known as Singing from the Towers , half of the choir sings from the top of the Great Gate, while the other half sings from
5395-457: The meal, the simple formula Benedicto benedicatur is pronounced. Befitting the term trinity , Trinity College punts are named after people or things related to the number three, such as Bronze (award for third place), Codon (which has three nucleotides ) and Wise Monkey . In 2023, the launch of the punt Charles marked the coronation of alumnus Charles III . Trinity College undergraduate gowns are readily distinguished from
5478-409: The mid 16th century and is Grade I listed . There are a number of memorials to former Fellows of Trinity within the Chapel, including statues, brasses, and two memorials to graduates and Fellows who died during the World Wars. Among the most notable of these is a statue of Isaac Newton by Roubiliac , described by Sir Francis Chantrey as "the noblest, I think, of all our English statues." The Chapel
5561-459: The monarch on the advice of the prime minister. Nowadays, the fellows of the college propose a new master for the appointment, but the decision is formally that of the Crown. The first Master, John Redman , was appointed in 1546. Six masters subsequent to Rab Butler had been fellows of the college prior to becoming master ( honorary fellow in the case of Martin Rees ), the last of these being Sir Gregory Winter , appointed on 2 October 2012. He
5644-464: The most distinctive architecture in Cambridge with its Great Court said to be the largest enclosed courtyard in Europe. The college owns: In 2018, Trinity revealed that it had investments totalling £9.1 million in companies involved in oil and gas production, exploration and refinement. These included holdings of £1.2 million in Royal Dutch Shell, £1.7 million in Exxon Mobil and £1 million in Chevron. In 2019, Trinity confirmed its plan to withdraw from
5727-475: The noise it made. Each evening before dinner, grace is recited by the senior fellow presiding, as follows: Benedic, Domine, nos et dona tua, quae de largitate tua sumus sumpturi, et concede, ut illis salubriter nutriti tibi debitum obsequium praestare valeamus, per Christum Dominum nostrum. Bless us, Lord, and these gifts which, through your generosity, we are about to receive and grant that we, wholesomely nourished by them, may be able to offer you
5810-540: The original on 27 March 2010. ^ Grattan-Guinness, I. (September 2001). "The interest of G. H. Hardy, F.R.S., in the philosophy and the history of mathematics". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London . 55 (3). The Royal Society: 411–424. doi :10.1098/rsnr.2001.0155. S2CID 146374699. ^ Peter Allen (10 June 2010). T he Cambridge Apostles: The Early Years . Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-521-14254-0 ^ Warwick, Andrew (2003). Masters of Theory: Cambridge and
5893-467: The outer stripes of yellow and slightly narrower, the central stripe of red and slightly wider Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge . Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII , Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges , with the largest financial endowment of any Oxbridge college. It is the largest Oxbridge college measured by the number of undergraduates (730). Trinity performs exceptionally as measured by
5976-489: The pigeons which enter the Hall through the pinnacle windows. It was reinstated by students in 2016, and is only visible from the far end of the hall. The college remains a great rival of St John's which is its main competitor in sports and academia. This has given rise to a number of anecdotes and myths. It is often cited as the reason why the older courts of Trinity generally have no J staircases, despite including other letters in alphabetical order. A far more likely reason
6059-404: The results. Many final year undergraduates who achieve first-class honours in their final exams are offered full financial support, through a scheme known as Internal Graduate Studentships, to read for a master's degree at Cambridge. Other support is available for PhD degrees. The College also offers a number of other bursaries and studentships open to external applicants. The right to walk on
6142-474: The service we owe through Christ our Lord. If both of the two high tables are in use then the following antiphonal formula is prefixed to the main grace: A. Oculi omnium in te sperant Domine: B. Et tu das escam illis in tempore. A. Aperis tu manum tuam, B. Et imples omne animal benedictione. The eyes of all are on you, Lord: and you give them their food, in due time. You open your hand and bestow upon all living things your blessing. Following
6225-619: The society is the minimal perfect squared square . For historical reasons , the apple is very important symbolically to the society. An apple is dropped at the end of meetings to signify that the meeting is now social; the President bowls an apple as the first 'ball' at the annual cricket match; and, as outlined in the society's Standing Orders, an apple is part of the design of the Society tie. Trinity College, Cambridge Scarf colours: navy, with three equally-spaced narrow stripes,
6308-494: The time, Henry had been seizing (Catholic) church lands from abbeys and monasteries. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge , being both religious institutions and quite rich, expected to be next in line. The King duly passed an Act of Parliament that allowed him to suppress (and confiscate the property of) any college he wished. The universities used their contacts to plead with his sixth wife, Catherine Parr . The Queen persuaded her husband not to close them down, but to create
6391-695: The top of the Clock Tower approximately 60 metres away, giving a strong antiphonal effect. Midway through the concert, the Cambridge University Brass Ensemble performs from the top of the Queen's Tower. Later that same day, the College Choir gives a second open-air concert, known as Singing on the River , where they perform madrigals and arrangements of popular songs from a raft of punts lit with lanterns or fairy lights on
6474-430: The tutors' garden parties in the summer months, while the Master's Garden is located behind the Master's Lodge. The Old Fields are located on the western side of Grange Road , next to Burrell's Field. It currently houses the college's gym, changing rooms, squash courts, badminton courts, rugby, hockey and football pitches along with tennis and netball courts. Trinity Bridge is a stone built triple-arched road bridge across
6557-467: Was a member of the Cambridge Five R. B. Braithwaite 26 February 1921 King's Philosopher and ethicist Rupert Brooke 25 January 1908 King's Poet Oscar Browning 11 December 1858 King's Educationalist and historian Charles Buller Trinity Member of Parliament and Judge Advocate General of
6640-438: Was actually 46.0 seconds, while Cram's was 46.3 seconds. The clock on that day took 44.4 seconds and the video film confirms that Coe was some 12 metres short of the finish line when the final stroke occurred. The television commentators were wrong to speculate that the dying sounds of the bell could be included in the striking time, thereby allowing Coe's run to be claimed as successful. One reason Olympic runners Cram and Coe found
6723-613: Was notorious for the construction of a hugely expensive staircase in the Master's Lodge and for his repeated refusals to step down despite pleas from the Fellows. Besides, despite not being a sister college of Trinity College in Dublin, as is the case with Saint John's College , Cambridge, it is believed that the Irish institution takes its name from this college, which was the alma mater of its first provost, Adam Loftus and, likewise, from
6806-687: Was succeeded by Dame Sally Davies , the first female Master of Trinity College, on 8 October 2019. List of Cambridge Apostles members The Cambridge Apostles , also known as Conversazione Society, is an intellectual secret society at the University of Cambridge . It was founded in 1820. Following is a list of its notable members. Member Election Date College Notability References Noel Annan, Baron Annan King's House of Lords ; provost of King's College, Cambridge ; British military intelligence officer ; provost of University College London ; and vice-chancellor of
6889-494: Was the tree from which the apple dropped onto Isaac Newton ; in fact, Newton was at home in Woolsthorpe when he deduced his theory of gravity – and the tree is a horse chestnut tree. For many years it was the custom for students to place a bicycle high in branches of the tree of New Court. Usually invisible except in winter, when the leaves had fallen, such bicycles tended to remain for several years before being removed by
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