Jesus College, Cambridge, from the meadows

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Jesus College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, as the College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund but adopted the name Jesus College derived from the name of its chapel, Jesus Chapel. It retains to this day most of the buildings of the nunnery but many additions are also evident on the site some of which were carried out by Alcock at the time of foundation. Its alumni include Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and author of the Book of Common Prayer, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, the broadcaster Alistair Cooke, and Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Q’ the writer. The view shows the college from the meadows The picture was drawn by F Mackenzie and engraved by J Le Keux

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Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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