Magdalene College, Cambridge

"Magdalene College redirects here, see also Magdalen College, Oxford"Cambridge College Infobox
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full_name = The College of Saint Mary Magdalene
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latin_motto = Garde ta Foy
motto_language = Old French
english_motto = Keep your faith
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established = 1428
old_names = Buckingham College (1428-1542)
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head_label = Master
head = Mr Duncan Robinson
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graduates = 246
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sister_college = Magdalen College, Oxford
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homepage = http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/
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Magdalene College (pronEng|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. [http://www.cambridgeonline.co.uk/articles/Magdalene_College/ Magdalene College, Cambridge ] ] 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 including were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed.

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 both famous and notorious 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).

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.

Magdalene's bar is one of the best Cambridge college bars. It is a real focal point for the students of the college, which has a high sense of cameraderie due to its small size. [http://www.unofficial-guides.com/guides/cbmag-mini.html unofficial-guides.com - Magdalene College ] ]

In the summer, the College bar is usually packed, as Magdalene has more river frontage than any other college.

Magdalene's biennial ball is one of the best at Cambridge. Strictly white tie, it is a fantastic occasion that cannot be missed. Many of the societies also hold formal events at the college.

Notable alumni

"See also "

* Sir Andrew Morritt (Chancellor of the High Court of Justice)
* Sir Igor Judge (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales)
* Adam Holloway (Member of Parliament for Gravesham)
* Samuel Pepys (diarist)
* Sir Samuel Morland (diplomat, spy, inventor, mathematician)
* Sir Michael Redgrave (actor)
* Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (Current king or Kabaka of Buganda)
* George Mallory (mountaineer)
* Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air vice marshal, Battle of Britain)
* 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)
* John Simpson (journalist)
* Peter Cowie (film historian)
* Giles Baring (cricketer)
* Anthony Bull (transport engineer)
* Julian Fellowes (actor and Academy Award winning screenwriter)
* Mike Newell (film director whose works include "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire")
* Bamber Gascoigne (TV presenter, University Challenge)
* Julian Rathbone (English novelist)
* Alan Rusbridger (editor, The Guardian)
* David Clary (President, Magdalen College, Oxford)
* Gavin Hastings OBE (rugby international)
* Rob Wainwright (rugby international)
* Katie Derham (TV newsreader)
* Charles Stewart Parnell (Irish nationalist) (did not graduate)
* Sir Antony Jay (author, Yes Minister)
* Sir David Calcutt (former Master and barrister)
* Dr Roger Morris (electrical engineer)
* C. S. Lewis (author and theologian)
* Henry Dunster (first President of Harvard University)
* A C Benson (librettist of "Land of Hope and Glory")
* Patrick Blackett (Nobel Prize winning physicist)
* Charles Kingsley (author of "The Water Babies" and Regius Professor of Modern History)
* Thomas Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury and graduate of Jesus College; Fellow of Magdalene)
* Michael Ramsey (Archbishop of Canterbury)
* Norman Hartnell (dress designer to the Queen)
* David Burghley (Olympic champion, 400m hurdles)
* Sir Frederic Salusbury (Editor of the Daily Herald)
* Selwyn Lloyd (former Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons)
* Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (former President of the International Olympic Committee)
* Francis Pym (former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
* Sir John Boardman (archaeologist, Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology)
* William Donaldson (creator of Henry Root)
* Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (Social Scientist)
* Simon Ambrose, (Winner of The Apprentice (UK Series Three))
* George Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
* Nick Herbert (Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs)
* Dr Maurice Goldhaber (American physicist)
* 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)

Honorary Fellows have included

:"See also "
* Benjamin Britten
* T. S. Eliot
* Thomas Hardy
* Seamus Heaney
* Rudyard Kipling
* Nelson Mandela [The prospectus of Magdalene College, Cambridge (2008 Open Day), page 10]

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.

ee also

*Master of Magdalene College

ources

*cite book |title=A History of Magdalene College Cambridge, 1428-1988 |last=Cunich |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors=Hoyle, David; Duffy, Eamon; and Hyam, Ronald |year=1994 |publisher=Magdalene College Publications |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-9523073-0-8 |pages=

References

External links

* [http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/ Magdalene College website]
* [http://www.magdalenecambridge.com/ Magdalene College Alumni & Development website]
* [http://www.magdalenechoir.org.uk/ Magdalene College Chapel Choir website]
* [http://www.magdalenemayball.com/ Magdalene May Ball website]
* [http://www.magdaleneboatclub.com/ Magdalene Boatclub]
* [http://jcr.magd.cam.ac.uk/ JCR (undergraduate) Website]
* [http://mcr.magd.cam.ac.uk/ MCR (graduate) Website]
* [http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/altprosp/colleges/magdalene.html Graduate Union Alternative Prospectus entry for Magdalene]
* [http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/publications/altpro/colleges/magdalene.html CUSU alternative prospectus entry]