Peterhouse (University of Cambridge)

Local namePeterhouse (University of Cambridge)
LocationCambridge, UK

Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite often erroneously referred to as Peterhouse College, although the correct name is simply Peterhouse.

Peterhouse alumni are notably eminent within the natural sciences, including scientists Lord Kelvin, Henry Cavendish, Charles Babbage, James Clerk Maxwell, James Dewar, Frank Whittle, and five Nobel prize winners in science: Sir John Kendrew, Sir Aaron Klug, Archer Martin, Max Perutz, and Michael Levitt. Peterhouse alumni also include the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift, Lord Chancellors, Lord Chief Justices, as well as Oscar-winning film director Sam Mendes, and comedian David Mitchell. British Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, and Elijah Mudenda, second prime minister of Zambia, also studied at the college.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhouse,_Cambridge

Official Website https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/

Twitter https://twitter.com/peterhouse_cam

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/peterhouse.camb

Email info@pet.cam.ac.uk

Phone +44 1223 338 200

Address Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RD, UK

Coordinates 52°11'59.087" N 0°7'8.573" E

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