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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Trinity is the largest and richest of the colleges in Cambridge, and is now a home to around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 160 Fellows. In per student terms, Trinity is one of the wealthiest educational establishments in the world (second only to All Souls College in Oxford), with an endowment of almost a billion pounds.

The college was founded by Henry VIII in 1546 and most of its major buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries. Trinity was formed by combining Michaelhouse and King's Hall, two older colleges. Michaelhouse had existed since 1324; King's Hall had been established by Edward II in 1317 and refounded by Edward III in 1337.

Much of the college was re-designed and re-built by Thomas Nevile, who became Master of Trinity in 1593. This work included the enlargement and completion of Great Court, and the construction of Nevile's Court between Great Court and the river Cam. Nevile's Court was completed in the late 17th century when the Wren Library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was built.

Trinity's sister college is Christ Church, Oxford, which was founded by Henry VIII in the same year.

Trinity's rowing club is the First and Third Trinity Boat Club whose annual May Ball is regarded by many to be the highlight of the Oxbridge social calendar.

Trinity has a strong academic tradition and has provided four Fields Medallists, as well as 31 Nobel prize laureates since they were first awarded in 1901. Trinity College and King's College were for decades the main recruiting grounds for the Cambridge Apostles, an elite, intellectual secret society.

Trinity offers a Junior Scholarship (principally a monetary award and also, as of present, preference in the 3rd year room ballots) to undergraduates who achieve a first-class result in their first part of Tripos. Undergraduates who achieve such a result in subsequent parts of Tripos are granted a Senior Scholarship. High achievers may also be offered financial support for proceeding with a Masters or PhD thesis. The highly regarded right to walk on the grass in the college courts is exclusive to Fellows of the college. Scholars do however have the right to walk on Scholar's Lawn, but only in full academic dress.

Contents
1 Related Pages
2 Notable Alumni

2.1 Trinity Nobel Prize winners
2.2 Other notable alumni

3 College Officials

3.1 List of Masters
3.2 List of deans

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Notable Alumni

Trinity Nobel Prize winners

Other notable alumni


College Officials

List of Masters

The head of Trinity College is the Master. The first Master was John Redman who was appointed in 1546. The role is a Royal appointment and in the past was sometimes made by the Monarch as a favour to an important person. Nowadays the Fellows of the College, and to a lesser extent the Government, choose the new Master and the Royal role is only nominal. A complete list of the Masters of Trinity is below.

List of deans
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