Trinity College, Cambridge

The Great Gate

Trinity College, Cambridge is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

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).

Not to be confused with: Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Trinity College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin.

Alumni and fellows

• Francis Bacon (philosopher)
• Edward White Benson
• Robert Hugh Benson
• Anthony Blunt
• Guy Burgess
• John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
• Viscount Esher
• James Elroy Flecker
• Lord Ronald Gower
• Thom Gunn
• Jim Herrick
• Edward Marsh
• Peter Mitchell
• Isaac Newton
• Tamsin Omond
• Lytton Strachey
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Justin Welby
• John Wilkins (Master)