Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Constituent college of the University of Cambridge

Sidney Sussex College

University of Cambridge

Cloister Court, Sidney Sussex College

Arms of Sidney Sussex College, being the arms of the foundress Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex

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Sidney Sussex College scarf
Location| Sidney Street (map)
Full name| The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex
Abbreviation| SID[1]
Motto| Dieu me garde de calomnie (Middle French)
Motto in English| God preserve me from calumny
Founder| Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
Established| 1596; 428 years ago (1596)
Sister college| St John's College, Oxford
Master| Martin Burton
Undergraduates| 396 (2022-23)
Postgraduates| 240 (2022-23)
Fellows| 80
Endowment| £29m (2022)[2]
Visitor|  Viscounts De L'Isle ex officio[3]
Website| www.sid.cam.ac.uk
Sidney Sussex College Students' Union (SSCSU)| sscsu.org.uk
MCR| www.srcf.ucam.org/sidneymcr/
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Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge[4] in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife of Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, and named after its foundress. In her will, Lady Sidney left the sum of £5,000 together with some plate to found a new College at Cambridge University "to be called the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex College".[5] Her executors Sir John Harington and Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent, supervised by Archbishop John Whitgift, founded the Protestant College seven years after her death.[6]

## History

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### Foundation

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United Kingdom legislation

Sidney Sussex College Act 1592

Act of Parliament

Parliament of England

Long title| An Act that the late scite of the dissolved house of the Gray Fryers in or near Cambridge may be sold, or lett in fea-farme, or otherwise, for the erection of a new college in the university of Cambridge.
Citation| 35 Eliz. 1. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent| 10 April 1593
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, Founder of the College

Before Sidney's founding as a Protestant seminary, the site was home to the Grey Friars, or Franciscans, for nearly three centuries. In the 1950s, excavations revealed remnants of the complex, a lay graveyard with reburied skeletons, shattered stained glass, and a large Saxon jar. The medieval cellars beneath Hall Court, where Sidney's wine is stored, are remnants of this era.[7]

The college was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife of Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, and named after its foundress. It was from its inception an avowedly Protestant foundation;[6] "some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance of good learninge". In her will, Lady Frances Sidney left the sum of £5,000 together with some plate to found a new college at Cambridge University "to be called the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex College".[8] Her executors Sir John Harington and Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent, supervised by Archbishop John Whitgift, founded the college seven years after her death.[6]

### Expansion

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While the college's geographic size has changed little since 1596, an additional range was added to the original E-shaped buildings in the early 17th century and the appearance of the whole college was changed significantly in the 1820s and 1830s, under the leadership of the master at the time, William Chafy. By the early 19th century, the buildings' original red brick was unfashionable and the hall range was suffering serious structural problems.

The opening up of coal mines on estates left to the college in the 18th century provided extra funds, which were to be devoted to providing a new mathematical library and accommodation for mathematical exhibitioners. Also with those funds, the exterior brick was covered with a layer of cement, the existing buildings were heightened slightly, and the architectural effect was also heightened, under the supervision of Sir Jeffry Wyatville.[9]

Sidney Sussex College (1690)

In the late nineteenth century, the college's finances received a further boost from the development of the resort of Cleethorpes on college land on the Lincolnshire coast. This land had been purchased in 1616, following a bequest for the benefit of scholars and fellows by Peter Blundell, a merchant from Tiverton, Devon.[10][11] A new wing (Cloister Court), added in 1891 to the designs of John Loughborough Pearson, is stylistically richer than the original buildings and has stone staircases, whereas the stairs in the older buildings are made of timber.[12]

In the early twentieth century, a High Church group among the fellows was instrumental in the rebuilding and enlargement of the chapel, which was provided with a richly carved interior in late seventeenth-century style, designed by T. H. Lyon, and somewhat at odds with the college's original Puritan ethos.[13]

Heraldic emblem of Sidney Sussex College, a porcupine (statant) azure quills collar and chain or, being the crest of the Sidney family[14][15]

Sidney Sussex is one of the smaller Cambridge colleges. The student body consists of roughly 355 undergraduate students, 275 postgraduates and 80 fellows.

## Buildings and grounds

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Sidney's buildings blend old and new, with the latest addition, the Old Kitchen (new dining space), completed in 2021. Student rooms have kitchen access, but also have catered options.[16]

Sidney sits on the site of Cambridge's Franciscan friary, built in the middle of the 13th century and dissolved in the 1530s. Artefacts of the site's past lie beneath the foundations of the college buildings.[17]

Sidney Sussex has two courtyards surrounded by Grade I listed buildings dating from 1596.[18]

Chapel Court, Sidney Sussex College

### Chapel Court

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This court incorporates a number of buildings that house offices, the Junior Common Room (JCR) and a wood panelled chapel.

The Chapel, for which this court is named, has gone through many forms over the years. The current building was rebuilt in the 18th century, and has been extended a number of times in subsequent centuries. The exterior was entirely remodelled in 1833 to match the Gothic style of the rest of the buildings.

The carved interior of the Chapel was installed in the early 20th century to suit the High Church tastes of a group of college fellows.

The Chapel is open throughout the day as a space for the college community, regardless of faith or background.[19]

### Hall Court

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Hall Court, Sidney Sussex College

Hall Court is enclosed by a range of Gothic buildings incorporating the Master's Lodge, Buttery and the new Kitchen buildings, but the Court's name comes from Sidney's Dining Hall.[20]

The dining hall was redesigned by Sir James Burrough in 1752.[21] The hall had been in poor repair, and the 'elegant Rococo room' that emerged from the remodelling was seen as a way to attract students and Fellows. Sidney's Dining Hall features decorated plasterwork, pillars, and an elaborate rococo ceiling with a centrepiece of scrolls and acanthus foliage.[22]

A portrait of the college's founder, Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, is mounted over the high table.[23]

The Hall is used for a whole range of functions for undergraduates, postgraduates, alumni and fellows, it is used to meet and socialise.

Cloister Court, Sidney Sussex College

### Cloister Court

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Added in 1891 and designed in the Gothic revival style, these buildings recall the Franciscan roots of the site.[24]

The buildings house a number of student rooms, gardens and lawn, where a number of medieval graves were uncovered.

## Chapel and music

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Sidney Sussex College Chapel

The old chapel, built by James Essex in the 1770s, was very small at 20 by 30 feet. The old bell, bought from Pembroke Hall in 1707 and recast in 1739, was retained until 1930 when it was replaced with a new one. The work to the new chapel was completed in 1923. The antechapel now contains wall memorials to the dead of the two world wars and to three masters, Parris, Elliston and Chafy. The presence of Oliver Cromwell's head, buried somewhere nearby, is marked by a tablet installed in 1960.

The Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge is made up of six to eight sopranos, six altos (male and female), six tenors, three baritones, and three basses. During term-time the choir has a regular commitment in the chapel to Choral Evensong on Fridays and Sundays and Latin Choral Vespers on Wednesdays.

A number of choral scholarships are available for members of the Sidney Choir. In addition to singing Evensong in the chapel, the Choir has made some recordings and tours regularly in the UK and overseas.

The Choir was nominated for a 2013 Gramophone Award in recognition of their disc of the music of Thomas Weelkes.[25]

The Sidney Sussex College Music Society organises concerts and recitals, and the college runs a number of instrumental and vocal ensembles.

The Sidney Chapel includes a Steinway grand piano, a harpsichord, a chamber organ and a Flentrop organ.

## Student life

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### Student societies

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Sidney has a range on offer including many sports clubs and a variety of subject-based societies. Students can set up a new club or society at any time.[26]

The Sidney Sussex College Students' Union (SSCSU ) represents undergraduate students at Sidney through organizing and managing social events and spaces, promoting the welfare and education of students, and representing student interests within the college. SSCSU is also responsible for the operation Sidney's college bar, colloquially referred to as "SidBar", which is open to all Sidney members and their guests. The Sidney Bar is one of Cambridge's few remaining fully student-run bars, particularly with access to undergraduates.

The Middle Common Room (MCR) is Sidney's postgraduate community and serves similarly to the SSCSU. The Sidney MCR represents and supports the college's PhD, master's, and Part III students, as well as medical students in their 4th year and beyond.

#### Boat Club

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Main article: Sidney Sussex College Boat Club

Sidney Sussex College Boathouse

Founded in 1837, the men's side of the club has spent most of its time in the 2nd division of the Lent and May Bumps, with brief times spent in the 1st and 3rd divisions. The men's side of the club generally crews two boats in the Lent Bumps and three boats in the May Bumps. Being a small college, the club has never had the consistency to rise to take a headship of either event, and has been as high as 6th in the Lent Bumps in 1913, and 11th in the May Bumps in 1923.

A women's crew was first formed in 1978 and has spent most of its time hovering between 1st and 2nd divisions in both the Lent and May Bumps. Sidney's 1st Women's VIII re-entered division 1 of the Lent Bumps in 2022 for the first time since 2004, and re-entered division 1 of the May Bumps in 2024 for the first time since 1998. The women's side of the club generally crews one or two boats in the Lent Bumps and two boats in the May Bumps.

In Lent Bumps 2020, Sidney Sussex were the winners of the Marconi Cup,[27] which is awarded to the highest performing of boat club overall. The Women's second boat were winners of blades, bumping a total of five times.

#### Confraternitas Historica

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A view of the College from Sidney Street

The Confraternitas Historica, or Confraternitas Historica Dominae Franciscae Comitis Sussexiae, is the history society of Sidney Sussex College and is reputed to be the longest-running student history society in Europe, having existed since 1910. In fact, no meetings were held from 1914 to 1919 but since, during the First World War, "the University itself almost ceased to function ... the hiatus of 1914–19 is not counted as a break in the continuity of the society".

The Latin name of the society reflects the tastes of Jack Reynolds, the fellow who presided over its creation, who also "endowed the Society with an elaborate Latin initiation ceremony".[28] Similarly, rather than being led by a President, the student in charge of the society is instead 'Princeps'. Other society roles include the 'Magister,' 'Tribune,' 'Pontifex Maximus,' and 'Comes'. During society meetings all attendees are referred to in an egalitarian, though still Latinate, manner. Regardless of academic standing or title, all attendees are given the title of 'soror' (sister) or 'frater' (brother).

#### Sidney Sussex Cricket Club

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During Lent term, Sidney holds indoor cricket training sessions, while outdoor training and matches, including the renowned inter-collegiate 'Cuppers' competition, occur in Easter term. Additionally, the college organises social events throughout the academic year.

#### University Challenge

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In the television show University Challenge, Sidney Sussex had a winning team in 1971 and 1978–79. The 1978 team, comprising John Gilmore, John Adams, David Lidington, and Nick Graham, went on to win the "Champion of Champions" University Challenge reunion competition in 2002. The college last appeared on the television show in 2018.

### May Ball

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Sidney's first May Ball was in 1894 during Charles Smith's Mastership. In 2010, the Venice-themed May Ball garnered national press attention for its unique punting setup. Recent themes have included 'Light' (2014) and 'Beyond' (2016). In 2022, an 'Arcade' theme featured Pacman, the Ghost Gang, and a neon maze in Hall Court, with the Knox-Shaw Room transformed into a retro arcade.[29]

As with many of the smaller colleges, Sidney Sussex does not run a May Ball every year, instead running a biennial May Ball, on even-numbered years. On odd-numbered years, the college previously hosted an arts festival, which welcomed anyone in Cambridge to attend. Notable guest speakers at the Sidney Arts Festival have included Stephen Fry, in 2015.[30] The college now hosts a June Event on odd-numbered years, which is an event which is shorter, smaller and cheaper to attend than a May Ball.[31]

### A Song of Sidney Sussex

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At the beginning of the 20th century, E.H. Griffiths wrote a ten verse song dedicated to Sidney Sussex. Each verse systematically identifies, then dismisses other Cambridge colleges for their faults, before settling on Sidney as the best college of all. The chorus exhorts the audience:[32]

'Go travel round the town, my friend, whichever way you please,
From Downing up to Trinity, from Peterhouse to Caius:
Then seek a little College just beside a busy street,
Its name is Sidney Sussex, and you'll find it Bad to Beat.'

## People associated with Sidney

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Further information: Alumni, Fellows, Honorary Fellows, and Masters

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David Owen, former leader of the Social Democratic Party, now a member of the House of Lords Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth

Former members of the college include the political and military leader Oliver Cromwell, who was among the first students, although he never graduated, dropping out after his father became ill. Oliver Cromwell's head was interred in 1960 in a secret location near the antechapel.[33]

Other former College members include early historian Thomas Fuller; historical writer Thomas Rymer; the 17th-century poet and dramatist Thomas May; and Dean of Sidney Sussex College and later Bishop Robert Machray.

Another famous alumnus was the theologian and moral philosopher William Wollaston who wrote The Religion of Nature Delineated (1724). Notable legal alumni include Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (judge on the International Court of Justice from 2009 until his death in 2022).

### Politicians

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Notable politicians to have attended the college include the civil servant Sir Basil Engholm; and the former Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party Lord Owen. Former students also include Chris Grayling; David Lidington; Rebecca Evans; Ken Skates, and the late Brian Lenihan, former Minister of Finance in the Republic of Ireland.

### Scientists

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The college's strong tradition in the sciences is seen by the association of the Nobel Prize–winning physicists Cecil Frank Powell and C. T. R. Wilson, 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient John E. Walker and the 2002 Nobel prize in Chemistry recipient Alan MacDiarmid. Sir Benjamin Lockspeiser, the first president of CERN was also an undergraduate at the college, along with psychiatrist W. Ross Ashby. Robert McCance Professor of Experimental Medicine, played a leading part in wartime rationing and 1940s government nutrition efforts. Professor Dame Ann Dowling has been a Fellow since 1977 and is the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[34] The inaugural recipient of the Rosalind Franklin award Professor Sue Gibson was an undergraduate at the college.[35] The "father of radio astronomy in Australia"[36][37] Joe Pawsey obtained his PhD at Sidney Sussex in 1935.

### Bletchley Park codebreakers

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Eleven members of the college worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two. They were Gordon Welchman, a Sidney Research Fellow in Mathematics who recruited many of them, John Herivel, Asa Briggs, Paul Coales, Malcolm Chamberlain, Edward Dudley Smith, John Manisty, Jim Passant, David Rees, Howard Smith (later head of MI5) and Leslie Yoxall (famous for his work in Hut 8 on breaking the German naval officers' code).[citation needed]

### Artists and popular figures

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More recent alumni include author, broadcaster and Associate Editor of The Observer newspaper Andrew Rawnsley; former technical director of the Mercedes-Benz Formula One team Paddy Lowe; television host known primarily for her role on the game show Countdown Carol Vorderman and the comedian Alex Horne. Also, the Hollywood director John Madden known for the Academy Award-winning Shakespeare in Love, and professor and writer John Fraser. Musical alumni include Al Doyle (1998) and Felix Martin (1999) of the electronic band Hot Chip.[38] In 2010, American composer Eric Whitacre was named Visiting Fellow and Composer-in-Residence.

### Sherlock Holmes

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Author Dorothy L. Sayers suggested that, given details in two of the stories, the fictional character Sherlock Holmes must have been at Cambridge rather than Oxford and that "of all the Cambridge Colleges, Sidney Sussex (College) perhaps offered the greatest number of advantages to a man in Holmes's position and, in default of more exact information, we may tentatively place him there".[39]

### List of alumni

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Name  | Birth  | Death  | Career

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Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet | 1586  | 1667/8  | Lord Mayor of London
Andrew Braddock  | 1971  |  | Dean of Norwich Cathedral
William Ross Ashby | 1903  | 1972  | Cybernetics pioneer
Tony Badger | 1947  |  | Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge, Master of Clare College, Cambridge
Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria | 1961  |  | Businessman, Chairman of Cobra Beer, Chancellor of the University of Birmingham
Lawrence Booth | 1975  |  | Editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Ronald N. Bracewell | 1921  | 2007  | Physicist
John Bramhall | 1594  | 1663  | Archbishop, theologian, philosopher
Asa Briggs | 1921  | 2016  | Historian
Ann Copestake | 1959  |  | Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Cambridge
Stuart Corbridge | 1957  |  | Vice-Chancellor of Durham University
Oliver Cromwell | 1599  | 1658  | Lord Protector
William Du Gard | 1602  | 1662  | Printer
Rebecca Evans | 1976  |  | Politician
Thomas Fuller | 1608  | 1661  | Author, churchman, historian
John Gay | 1699  | 1745  | Philosopher
Sue Gibson | 1960  |  | Research chemist, Chair in Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School, Imperial College London
Chris Grayling | 1962  |  | Secretary of State for Transport
Chaim (Harvey) Hames | 1966  |  | Professor of history and Rector at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Dick Heckstall-Smith | 1934  | 2004  | Musician
John Herivel | 1918  | 2011  | Bletchley Park cryptanalyst, science historian
Ronald Holmes | 1913  | 1981  | Colonial government official
Alex Horne | 1978  |  | Comedian
Rachel Horne | 1979  |  | BBC presenter
Alan Huggins | 1921  | 2009  | Judge
Norman Crowther Hunt | 1920  | 1987  | Minister of State under Harold Wilson
Nick Laird | 1975  |  | Poet, husband of Zadie Smith
Ian Lang, Baron Lang | 1940  |  | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Brian Lenihan Jnr | 1959  | 2011  | Irish Minister for Finance
Daniel Levy | 1962  |  | Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
David Lidington | 1956  |  | Minister of State
Ben Lockspeiser | 1891  | 1990  | President of CERN
Paddy Lowe | 1962  |  | Executive Director, Mercedes Grand Prix
Alan MacDiarmid | 1927  | 2007  | Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
John Madden | 1949  |  | Director
Joanna Marsh | 1970  |  | Composer
Joanne Martin | 1960  |  | Distinguished pathologist. President, Royal College of Pathology, 2017–2020
Ann Mather | 1960  |  | Executive. Has served on boards of Google and Pixar (Finance Director)
Thomas May | c. 1595  | 1650  | Renaissance dramatist
John Ashworth Nelder | 1924  | 2010  | Statistician
Gordon Newton | 1907  | 1998  | Editor, Financial Times
David Owen | 1938  |  | Politician who served as Foreign Secretary
Francis Sawyer Parris | 1707  | 1760  | Editor, King James Bible
Steven Pimlott | 1953  | 2007  | Opera and theatre director
Michael Pitman | 1933  | 2000  | Chief Scientist of Australia
Cecil Frank Powell | 1903  | 1969  | Nobel Laureate in Physics
Henry Probert | 1926  | 2007  | Director of Education, Royal Air Force, 1976–1978
Andrew Rawnsley | 1962  |  | Author, broadcaster and journalist
Gillian Rose | 1962  |  | Professor of Cultural Geography at The Open University
A. D. Roy | 1920  | 2003  | Economics
Diane Samuels | 1960  |  | Playwright
Ingrid Simler | 1963  |  | Judge
Charles Thurstan Shaw | 1914  | 2013  | Archaeologist
Carol Vorderman | 1960  |  | Media personality
Conrad Hal Waddington | 1905  | 1975  | Biologist
John E. Walker | 1941  |  | Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
John Wheelwright | 1592  | 1679  | New World Puritan clergyman
C.T.R. Wilson | 1869  | 1959  | Nobel Laureate in Physics
William Wollaston | 1659  | 1724  | Philosopher
F. L. Woodward | 1871  | 1952  | Educationist, Pali scholar, author and theosophist
Thomas Woolston | 1668  | 1733  | Theologian, deist
Jonathan Reynaga  | 1980  |  | Emmy award-winning[40] writer and producer

## See also

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* List of non-ecclesiastical works by J. L. Pearson

## References

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* Handball
* Ice Hockey
* Real Tennis
* Rifle shooting
* Rowing
* Openweight Men (CUBC)
* Lightweight Men (CULRC)
* Women (CUWBC)
* Rugby union
* Tennis

* Competitions
* Cuppers
* The Boat Race
* Women's Boat Race
* Henley Boat Races
* The Varsity Polo Match
* Rugby League Varsity Match
* Rugby Union Varsity Match
* University Cricket Match
* University Golf Match

Affiliates|

* Alan Turing Institute
* Cambridge Theological Federation
* Cambridge University Health Partners
* Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
* Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
* Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
* Partner institutions
* Animal Health Trust
* Babraham Institute
* British Antarctic Survey
* CCDC
* EMBL-EBI
* Laboratory of Molecular Biology
* NIAB
* Wellcome Sanger Institute

Museums|

* Fitzwilliam Museum
* Hamilton Kerr Institute
* Kettle's Yard
* Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
* Museum of Classical Archaeology
* Museum of Zoology
* Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
* Polar Museum
* Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Related|

* Awards and prizes
* Cambridge Zero
* Regent House
* Senate House
* Cambridge University Council
* Fictional Cambridge colleges
* Cambridge University Reporter

* Category

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Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place

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