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[[File:KingsCollegeChapel.jpg|thumb|The Chapel]]'''King's College, Cambridge''', founded in in 1441, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of [[Cambridge]].
[[File:KingsCollegeChapel.jpg|thumb|The Chapel]]'''King's College, Cambridge''', founded in in 1441, is one of the constituent colleges of the [[University of Cambridge]].


It was founded by King Henry VI, who had founded [[Eton College]] the year before. Building was interrupted by the Wars of the Roses. The chapel, completed in 1551 under Henry VIII, has the world's largest fan vault. Until 1865, only boys who had been to Eton were admitted.  
It was founded by King Henry VI, who had founded [[Eton College]] the year before. Building was interrupted by the Wars of the Roses. The chapel, completed in 1551 under Henry VIII, has the world's largest fan vault. Until 1865, only boys who had been to Eton were admitted.


Notable alumni include:
Queer Cambridge: An Alternative History by Simon Goldhill is largely about King's College <ref> Cambridge University Press, 2025, xii + 304 pp., £25 (hardback), ISBN 9781009528061 </ref>.
 
 
==Staff==
*[[M R James]] (Provost)
==Alumni==
 
*[[Thomas Adès]]
*[[A C Benson]]
*[[E F Benson]]
*[[E F Benson]]
*[[Rupert Brooke]]
*[[Peter Burman]]
*[[Edward J Dent]]
*[[E M Forster]]
*[[E M Forster]]
*[[Johann Hari]]
*[[J M Keynes]]
*[[J M Keynes]]
*[[Rupert Brooke]]
*[[Dillwyn Knox]]
*[[A C Benson]]
*[[Christopher Lloyd]]
*[[Alan Turing]]
*[[Alan Turing]]
*[[Christopher Lloyd]]
 
*[[Thomas Adès]]
==References==
*[[Dillwyn Knox]]
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*[[Johann Hari]]


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[[Category:Cambridge]]
[[Category:Colleges]]
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 10 July 2026

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King's College, Cambridge, founded in in 1441, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

It was founded by King Henry VI, who had founded Eton College the year before. Building was interrupted by the Wars of the Roses. The chapel, completed in 1551 under Henry VIII, has the world's largest fan vault. Until 1865, only boys who had been to Eton were admitted.

Queer Cambridge: An Alternative History by Simon Goldhill is largely about King's College [1].


Staff

Alumni

References

  1. Cambridge University Press, 2025, xii + 304 pp., £25 (hardback), ISBN 9781009528061