Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College was founded in 1326 by Elizabeth de Clare, making it the second oldest surviving college at the University of Cambridge. It is famous for its chapel choir and also for its gardens, which form part of what is known as the Backs (essentially the rear part of colleges which are next to the river River Cam. The current Master is Prof. B A Hepple[?].

Clare has a much-photographed bridge over the river which has fourteen stone balls decorating it. In actual fact, one of the balls has a missing section. A number of apocryphal stories circulate concerning this - the one most commonly cited by members of college is that the original builder of the bridge was not paid the full amount for his work and so removed the segment to balance the difference in payment.

Famous alumni

Peter Ackroyd, author
David Attenborough, naturalist
Sabine Baring-Gould, Victorian novelist
Lord Charles Cornwallis, British general at the time of the American Revolutionary War
Nicholas Ferrer[?]
Hugh Latimer, martyr
Peter Lilley[?], Conservative MP
Sir Roger Norrington[?], conductor
John Rutter[?], composer
Siegfried Sassoon, war poet
Richard Stilgoe[?], entertainer
James Watson
Andrew Wiles, mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem

External links

Clare College, Cambridge official website (http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk)
Image of Clare Bridge (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/ab374/pictures/Cambridge/tn/cam0070.jpg.html)

		Clare College, Cambridge
		Clare College was founded in 1326 by Elizabeth de Clare, making it the second oldest surviving college at the University of Cambridge. It is famous for its chapel choir and also for its gardens, which form part of what is known as the Backs (essentially the rear part of colleges which are next to the river River Cam. The current Master is Prof. B A Hepple[?]. Clare has a much-photographed bridge over the river which has fourteen stone balls decorating it. In actual fact, one of the balls has a missing section. A number of apocryphal stories circulate concerning this - the one most commonly cited by members of college is that the original builder of the bridge was not paid the full amount for his work and so removed the segment to balance the difference in payment. Famous alumni Peter Ackroyd, author David Attenborough, naturalist Sabine Baring-Gould, Victorian novelist Lord Charles Cornwallis, British general at the time of the American Revolutionary War Nicholas Ferrer[?] Hugh Latimer, martyr Peter Lilley[?], Conservative MP Sir Roger Norrington[?], conductor John Rutter[?], composer Siegfried Sassoon, war poet Richard Stilgoe[?], entertainer James Watson Andrew Wiles, mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem External links Clare College, Cambridge official website (http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk) Image of Clare Bridge (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/ab374/pictures/Cambridge/tn/cam0070.jpg.html)
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