Christ's College, Cambridge
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| Full name | Christ's College |
| Motto | Souvent me Souvient I Often Remember |
| Named after | Christ |
| Previous names | God's-house (1437), Christ's College (1505) |
| Established | 1505 |
| Sister College | Wadham College |
| Master | Prof. Malcolm Bowie |
| Location | St. Andrew's Street |
| Undergraduates | 450 |
| Graduates | 95 |
| Homepage | Boatclub |
Christ's College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. It is widely reputed for its highly academic bent - in recent years, it has consistently dominated the (unofficial) Tompkin league table of colleges. Many cite showers in the library and early bar closing times as examples of an absence of social life at this college. This is largely myth. The showers were accommodated in what was formerly known as the Bath Court because they could not be accommodated in the beautiful older buildings of the college. With pressure on space, the library was moved in the late C20 from its location in First Court to the upper floor of a redeveloped Bath Court. The bar opening times have recently (2003) been brought into line with those of other colleges.
The college grew from God's House founded in 1437 on land now occupied by King's College Chapel. It received its first royal licence in 1446. It moved to its present site in 1448 when it received its second royal licence. It was renamed Christ's College and received its present charter in 1505 when it was endowed and expanded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII.
Christ's has (2005) about 450 undergraduate and 100 graduate students.
Their webserver hosts the British division of the International Olympiad in Informatics, [1]
Famous Societies
The Junior Combination Room, Christ's College Students' Union, is involved in every aspect of student life. Representative of the student body, it organises social and welfare events, and negotiates on the students' behalf on important issues. The JCR's webpage can be accessed here.
CCPQS is claimed to be one of the most selective and prestigious societies of Christ's College. Its tie is believed to have been fashioned upon another tie of great distinction, that of the King Street Run. The exact origins of the society and even the meaning of its acronym are sources of fierce debate. Some insist that the society has its roots back in the 17th century and that John Milton may even have been involved with the society’s formation. However the evidence for such claims is tenuous at best.
The most commonly offered explanation of the acronym CCPQS is that it stands for Christ’s College; Posteritas Quantuluscumque Spectabilis ('posterity, notable however small'). Though there are many competing theories as to the true meaning. Selection for entry into the society is a highly secretive process, as is the nature of society’s activities. It is claimed that the first thing that one does upon joining the society is to take a vow never to discuss the goings-on to anyone outside the society. This claim, however, leads most people to believe that the society does not even exist.
Also of note is the football club, the CCAFC, and the rowing club, CCBC.
Famous alumni
- Sacha Baron Cohen - British comedian
- Richard Clerke
- Charles Darwin - British naturalist
- Colin Dexter - British author
- Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham - British Foreign Secretary
- Dr.Michael Lynch - Software entrepreneur, founder of Autonomy Systems
- David Mellor - British politician
- John Milton - English poet
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool - British Prime Minister
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - British Admiral of the Fleet and statesman
- Sir John Plumb - British historian
- Forrest Reid, Cambridge apostle, novelist, literary critic
- Simon Schama - British historian, author, and television presenter
- Jan Smuts- South African general and statesman
- C. P. Snow, Baron Snow - British novelist and philosopher
- Richard Whiteley - British television presenter
- Rowan Williams - British theologian, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury
- Timothy Marschall Jones - British ambassador to Armenia
- Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg - Lord Chancellor
- Sir Anthony Caro - Sculptor
- Sir Andrew Turnbull - Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
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