4777 x 3850 px | 40,4 x 32,6 cm | 15,9 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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The college was founded in 1441 simultaneously with Eton College by King Henry VI and generously endowed to reflect his patronage. For many centuries only Etonians could be admitted to King’s College but from 1861 admission was opened to all schools. King’s College Chapel is the most magnificent building in Cambridge and the iconic image of the city and university. Although work was begun on the chapel by Henry VI it was to be nearly a hundred years later in the reign of Henry VIII, that the chapel could be completed. The dominant building at right angles to the chapel is the work of the architect James Gibbs and some the range of buildings parallel to the chapel including the college hall and the screen front of the college are the work of the architect William Wilkins. The alumni include the poet Rupert Brooke, the writer E M Forster, the economist John Maynard Keynes, the computer scientist and code breaker Alan Turing, the Nobel Laureate Lord Blackett and the ghost story writer and bibliographer M R James. The college was founded as University Hall or House in 1326 and is thus the second oldest constituent college of Cambridge University. The name was changed to Clare Hall when it was generously endowed by Lady Elizabeth de Clare in 1388. Today it is generally known as Clare College, which was adopted as the official name in 1856. Its ancient buildings were demolished and replaced in the 17th century; the names of the architects are not recorded in the college archives but the work is usually credited to Thomas and Robert Grumbold and occasionally to the great Inigo Jones. The beautifully designed “Fellows’ Garden” is arguably the finest college garden in Cambridge. Among its alumni are to be found the Protestant reformer Bishop Hugh Latimer, burnt by Queen Mary in the 16thcentury and the American philanthropist Paul Mellon whose charitable foundation has provided substantial funds to the college in recent years.
