History of Gonville and Caius College - Hardcover

Brooke, Christopher N L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851154239 ISBN 13: 9780851154237

Publisher: Boydell Press, 1985

Synopsis

Christopher Brooke's account of the history of Gonville and Caius, founded in 1348, describes the workings and development of the institution, the home of men such as William Lyndwood, Jeremy Taylor, Charles Sherrington and seven other Nobel laureates - and of Titus Oates. For the more recent centuries, his rapidly moving narrative provides sketches and anecdotes of its central characters set in the wider context of the history of education, religion, learning and research. The Epilogue to this new edition describes the major events in the history of the College in the late twentieth century. Reissue; first published in 1985. CHRISTOPHER BROOKE, Fellow of Gonville and Caius, is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical history, University of Cambridge.

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About the Author:

The late CHRISTOPHER BROOKE was Fellow of Gonville and Caius and Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical history, University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0851154239
• ISBN 13: 9780851154237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400