Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Coordinates: 52°12′37″N 0°6′58″E / 52.21028°N 0.11611°E
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| College name | The College of Saint Mary Magdalene | |||||||||||
| Motto | Garde ta Foy (Old French: Keep your faith) |
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| Named after | Saint Mary Magdalene | |||||||||||
| Established | 1428 | |||||||||||
| Previously named | Buckingham College (1428-1542) | |||||||||||
| Location | Magdalene Street | |||||||||||
| Admittance | Men and women | |||||||||||
| Master | Mr Duncan Robinson | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 348 | |||||||||||
| Graduates | 246 | |||||||||||
| Sister college | Magdalen College, Oxford | |||||||||||
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Magdalene College (pronounced /ˈmɔːdlɪn/) was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Magdalene College has some of the grandest benefactors including Britain's premier noble the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Chief Justice Sir Christopher Wray.[1] However the refoundation was largely the work of Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII. Audley also gave the College its motto — garde ta foy — keep your faith. Audley's successors in the Mastership and as benefactors of the College were however prone to dire ends; several benefactors were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed.[1]
The College's most famous son is Samuel Pepys, whose papers and books - including love letters from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn - were donated to the College upon his death, and are now housed in the Pepys Library, the most beautiful building within the College. The College boasts a portrait of the famous diarist by Sir Peter Lely, which hangs in the Hall. Magdalene is noted for its 'traditional' style, boasting both a well-regarded candlelit formal hall (held every evening) and the distinction of having been the last previously all-male College in Oxford or Cambridge to admit women in 1988 (Oriel College was the last in Oxford, admitting women in 1985). This resulted in protests by male undergraduates, including the wearing of black armbands and flying the college flag at half-mast.[1]
Aesthetically Magdalene's old College buildings are beautiful if representative of the College's ramshackle growth from a monks' foundation into a centre of education. It is also distinctive in that most of the old buildings are in brick rather than stone (save for the frontage of the Pepys Library). Magdalene Street divides the most ancient courts from more recent developments. One of the accommodation blocks in the newer part of the college was built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the early 1930s.
Magdalene remains, despite this twentieth-century expansion, one of the smaller colleges within the University, at last count numbering over 300 undergraduates and an expanding postgraduate community. Opened in 2005 was Cripps Court, on Chesterton Road, featuring new undergraduate rooms and conference facilities. The current Master is Duncan Robinson.
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[edit] College Grace
Benedic Domine nobis et donis tuis quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi, et concede ut illis salubriter nutriti tibi debitum obsequium praestare valeamus, per Jesum Christum Dominum et Servatorem Nostrum, Amen.
Bless us Lord and your gifts, which from your bounty we are about to receive, and grant that we, healthfully sustained by them, may render to you our dutiful service, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, Amen.
[edit] Notable alumni
See also Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Simon Ambrose, (Winner of The Apprentice (UK Series Three))
- Giles Baring (cricketer)
- A C Benson (librettist of Land of Hope and Glory)
- Patrick Blackett (Nobel Prize winning physicist)
- Sir John Boardman (archaeologist, Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology)
- Anthony Bull (transport engineer)
- David Burghley (Olympic champion, 400m hurdles)
- Sir David Calcutt (former Master and barrister)
- David Clary (President, Magdalen College, Oxford)
- Peter Cowie (film historian)
- Thomas Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury and graduate of Jesus College; Fellow of Magdalene)
- Katie Derham (TV newsreader)
- William Donaldson (creator of Henry Root)
- Henry Dunster (first President of Harvard University)
- Julian Fellowes (actor and Academy Award winning screenwriter)
- Bamber Gascoigne (TV presenter, University Challenge)
- H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester (member of the British Royal Family)
- H.R.H. Prince William of Gloucester (member of the British Royal Family)
- Dr Maurice Goldhaber (American physicist)
- Sir Christopher Greenwood QC (British Judge)
- Norman Hartnell (dress designer to the Queen)
- Gavin Hastings OBE (rugby international)
- Nick Herbert (Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs)
- Adam Holloway (Member of Parliament for Gravesham)
- Sir Antony Jay (author, Yes Minister)
- Igor Judge, Baron Judge (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales)
- Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan (Social Scientist)
- Charles Kingsley (author of The Water Babies and Regius Professor of Modern History)
- Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air vice marshal, Battle of Britain)
- C. S. Lewis (literary critic, author and theologian)
- Selwyn Lloyd (former Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons)
- George Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
- George Mallory (mountaineer)
- Kingsley Martin (journalist)
- Sir Samuel Morland (diplomat, spy, inventor, mathematician)
- Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (former President of the International Olympic Committee)
- Dr Roger Morris (electrical engineer)
- Sir Andrew Morritt (Chancellor of the High Court of Justice)
- Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (current King or Kabaka of Buganda)
- Sir Edward Frederick Mutesa II (former King or Kabaka of Buganda and President of Uganda)
- Mike Newell (film director whose works include Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
- Charles Stewart Parnell (Irish nationalist, did not graduate)
- Samuel Pepys (diarist)
- Francis Pym (former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
- Michael Ramsey (Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Julian Rathbone (English novelist)
- Sir Michael Redgrave (actor)
- Alan Rusbridger (editor, The Guardian)
- Sir Frederic Salusbury (Editor of the Daily Herald)
- H.H. The Rajah of Sarawak (last White Rajah of Sarawak)
- John Simpson (journalist)
- Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (Marshal of the Royal Air Force, World War II)
- John Tedder, 2nd Baron Tedder (Professor of Chemistry, expert in free radical chemistry)
- Ven. Nanavira Thera (well-known Buddhist monk)
- Rob Wainwright (rugby international)
[edit] Honorary Fellows have included
[edit] May Ball
The College's famous May Ball had been a biennial fixture since 1911. It is known as the most lavish and prestigious Ball in Cambridge for several reasons: it is the only remaining Cambridge ball to insist on white tie dress code and it is the only ball in Cambridge to sell a majority of dining tickets over non-dining.
The last May Ball was held during the May Week of 2007. Following its success the next Magdalene May Ball is planned for 17 June 2009.
[edit] Quotes
"Magdalene to go co-ed: State school pupils to be admitted" — headline in student newspaper Stop Press (now known as Varsity) in the mid-1980s at the time of dispute over admission of women.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Cunich, Peter; Hoyle, David; Duffy, Eamon; and Hyam, Ronald (1994). A History of Magdalene College Cambridge, 1428-1988. Cambridge: Magdalene College Publications. ISBN 0-9523073-0-8.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Magdalene College, Cambridge
- ^ The prospectus of Magdalene College, Cambridge (2008 Open Day), page 10
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Magdalene College, Cambridge |
- Magdalene College website
- Magdalene College Alumni & Development website
- Magdalene College Chapel Choir website
- Magdalene May Ball website
- Magdalene Boatclub
- JCR (undergraduate) Website
- MCR (graduate) Website
- Graduate Union Alternative Prospectus entry for Magdalene
- CUSU alternative prospectus entry
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