Colleges of the University of Cambridge Darwin College
College name	Darwin College
Founders	Trinity College Gonville and Caius St. John's College
Named after	The Darwin Family
Established	1964
Location	Silver Street, 52°12′2″N 0°06′49″E / 52.20056, 0.11361Coordinates: 52°12′2″N 0°06′49″E / 52.20056, 0.11361
Admittance	Men and women
Master	William Brown
Undergraduates	None
Graduates	594
Sister college	Wolfson College, Oxford
Official website
Boat Club website

Darwin College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Gonville and Caius College Cambridge is a constituent College of Cambridge University, one of the world's most academically respected institutions St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a The Darwin &mdash Wedgwood family was a prominent English family descended from Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, the most notable member of which was Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Standing on the bank of the River Cam adjacent to Queens' College, Cambridge, it was founded in 1964 by three of the University's older colleges Trinity College, Gonville and Caius and St. John's College. Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Gonville and Caius College Cambridge is a constituent College of Cambridge University, one of the world's most academically respected institutions St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a It was the first college in Cambridge to admit graduate students only and also the first college in Cambridge to admit both men and women. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described It is named for the family of Charles Darwin, which previously owned some of the property which the college now occupies (as related in Period Piece by Gwen Raverat). Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Period Piece A Cambridge Childhood is an autobiographical work by Gwendoline Mary "Gwen" Raverat (née Darwin 26 August 1885-11 February 1957 the daughter of Gwendoline Mary "Gwen" Raverat née Darwin ( 26 August 1885 – 11 February 1957) was a celebrated English Wood engraving Family portraits of the Darwin family have been lent to the college and can be found on the walls of several of the college's main rooms. The work to convert and extend the buildings was funded by the founding colleges and substantial donations from the Rayne Foundation. Max Rayne Baron Rayne ( 8 February 1918 &ndash 10 October 2003) was a supporter of medical religious education and arts charities in England

The college has around 600 students, mostly studying for M.Phil (a one-year course) or Ph.D. (normally three-year course) degrees. In the usage of India, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and some other countries the Master "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. About half the students are from overseas. In terms of student numbers, Darwin College is the largest of the five graduate Cambridge colleges, has the largest number of graduate students of any Cambridge college, and is the second most popular college for graduate students in Cambridge (the first being Trinity College). Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. ^[1]

The college hosts the annual Darwin lectures, a series of talks around a single theme (such as 'power') examined by different perspectives (scientific, humanities, arts), given by eminent speakers who are leading authorities in their fields. The lectures have been going on for over two decades and form one of the key events in the Cambridge calendar. Most of the series of lectures have been published as books.

Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall and Sir Ian Wilmut are alumni. Dian Fossey ( January 16, 1932, San Francisco, California &ndash December 26, 1985, Virunga Mountains, Dame Jane Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris Goodall on 3 April 1934) is an English UN Messenger of Peace primatologist Prof Sir Ian Wilmut OBE (born July 7 1944) is an Scottish Embryologist and is currently one of the leaders of the Queen's Medical Paul Clement, the current United States Solicitor General, read the MPhil in Politics and Economics at Darwin in 1988-89. Paul Drew Clement (born June 1966 was until recently the United States Solicitor General. The United States Solicitor General is the individual appointed to argue for the Government of the United States in front of the Supreme Court of the United States In recent years, the Canadian TV host Seamus O'Regan studied at the college. Seamus O'Regan (born January 18 1971, St John's Newfoundland) is a Canadian broadcast Journalist and co-host of Canada

César Milstein, who received the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was a fellow of Darwin College from 1980 to 2002. César Milstein ( October 8 1927 &ndash March 24 2002) was an Argentine Biochemist in the field of Antibody The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Sir Karl Popper and the Nobel Prize winner Max Perutz were honorary fellows, as is Amartya Sen. Sir Karl Raimund Popper ( July 28 1902  &ndash September 17 1994) was an Austrian and British Philosopher and a professor Max Ferdinand Perutz, OM ( May 19 1914, Vienna, Austria – February 6 2002, Cambridge, Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon (অমর্ত্য কুমার সেন Ômorto Kumar Shen) (born 3 November 1933) is an Indian Oliver Letwin was a research fellow from 1981 to 1982. Oliver Letwin (born 19 May 1956, Hampstead) is the British Member of Parliament for West Dorset, Chairman of the Policy

In 1994 Darwin College completed construction of a new library and study centre. The centre is built on a narrow strip of land alongside the millpond in Cambridge, and uses a structure of green oak and lime mortar brickwork. The building uses high-level automatically opening windows and a chimney to control natural ventilation. Unfortunately the green oak dried and shrank, causing the window frames to jam, so the system failed. The building had been designed with special connections which could be tightened to account for the shrinkage, but these also warped, and could not be used.

Darwin College Boat Club is a popular student society at Darwin College. Darwin College Boat Club (DCBC was founded in 1969 by its current President Dr Chester White With a strong progression over the past few years, the club is one of the most successful graduate rowing clubs in the UK.

Darwin College Football Club play in the long established Cambridge University Association Football League (CUAFL), representing the only graduate college within CUAFL. Introduction Modern football was developed on the playing fields of public schools and universities in the late 19th Century thus it is only natural that the University of Cambridge The club plays throughout the year in and out of term.

Main Building

Darwin College Library from the millpond

Inside the grounds of Darwin College

See also

• Category:Alumni of Darwin College, Cambridge
• Category:Fellows of Darwin College, Cambridge

References

1. ^ http://www.isasut.unito.it/Convegno%20Siena/darwin_college.pdf

External links

• Darwin College website
• Darwin lectures
• Darwin College Boat Club
• Darwin College Football Club