Christ's College, Cambridge
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Template:Oxbridge College Infobox Christ's College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. It is widely reputed for its high academic standards - in recent years, it has consistently dominated the Tompkin league table of colleges. Despite this, the College has performed admirably in sporting activities in recent years with the rubgy and football teams both performing extremely well in inter-collegiate events.
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College history
The college grew from God's House founded in 1437 on land now occupied by King's College Chapel. It received its first royal licence in 1446. It moved to its present site in 1448 when it received its second royal licence. It was renamed Christ's College and received its present charter in 1505 when it was endowed and expanded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII.
College societies
The Junior Combination Room, Christ's College Students' Union, is involved in every aspect of student life. Representative of the student body, it organises social and welfare events, and negotiates on the students' behalf on important issues. The JCR's webpage can be accessed here.
Also of note are the football club, the CCAFC, the rugby club, the CCRFC, the rowing club, CCBC and the Chapel Choir.
The College hosts a biennial May Ball.
Famous alumni
- Sir Anthony Caro (b. 1924) — sculptor
- Sacha Baron Cohen (b. 1971) aka Ali G — British comedian
- John James Cowperthwaite (1916–2006) — credited with policies allowing Hong Kong's economic boom in the 1960s
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882) — British naturalist
- Colin Dexter (b. 1930) — British novelist
- Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (b. 1940) — Lord Chancellor
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828) — British Prime Minister
- Dr. Michael Lynch (b. 1965) — Software entrepreneur, founder of Autonomy Systems
- Timothy Marschall Jones — former British ambassador to Armenia
- David Mellor (b. 1949) — British politician
- John Milton (1608–1674) — English poet
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) — British Admiral of the Fleet and statesman
- Sir John Plumb (1911–2001) — British historian
- Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) — Bishop of Chester and Bishop of London, leading reformer and abolitionist
- Forrest Reid (1875–1948) — Cambridge apostle, novelist, literary critic
- Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham (1738–1786) — British Foreign Secretary
- Nicholas Saunderson (1682–1739) — British mathematician
- Simon Schama (b. 1945) — British historian, author, and television presenter
- Jan Smuts (1870–1950) — South African general and statesman
- C. P. Snow, Baron Snow (1905–1980) — British novelist and philosopher
- Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull (b. 1945) — Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
- Richard Whiteley (1943–2005) — British television presenter
- Rowan Williams (b. 1950) — British theologian, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury
- Christopher Zeeman (b. 1925) — British mathematician
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