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The University of Cambridge, located in the City of Cambridge, is the second-oldest university in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1209.^[1] It is made up of a number of self-governing colleges and other institutions, and has a worldwide reputation, particularly in the fields of mathematics and science.

LGBT history

The Apostles, or The Society, is an exclusive club for students at Cambridge.

Notable alumni and academics

Christ's College

• Rowan Williams

Clare College

• Patrick Trevor-Roper

Corpus Christi College

• Christopher Marlowe

Girton College

• Sandi Toksvig

Gonville and Caius College

• Titus Oates

King's College

See King's College, Cambridge

Magdalene College

• Antony Grey
• George Ives
• Rowan Williams (Master)

New Hall

• Sue Perkins

Newnham College

• Clare Balding

Pembroke College

• A E Dyson

Queens College

• Stephen Fry

Selwyn College

• Sophie Wilson

St John's College

• John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley

Trinity College

• Francis Bacon (philosopher)
• Isaac Newton
• Tamsin Omond
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Justin Welby
• John Wilkins (Master)

Trinity Hall

• Edward Carpenter

References

1. ↑ http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/history/timeline "About the University: Timeline".