Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, as seen from the tower of Great St Mary's Church.
This image shows the University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College, as seen from the tower of Great St Mary's Church. Caius is the fourth oldest College in the University of Cambridge. The College was first founded as Gonville Hall by Edmund Gonville, Rector of Terrington St Clement in Norfolk, in 1348, and refounded in 1557 by John Caius as Gonville and Caius College. Edmund Gonville sought to create a College capable of supporting twenty scholars in pursuit of higher degrees, particularly in the arts and theology. His ambitions were admirable but they rather outstripped his resources, and on his death three years later the finances were in a poor state. Gonville's executor, William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, stepped in to move the College to its present site. Over the next two centuries, the community of Gonville Hall, consisting of a Master, Fellows and a small number of students, gradually acquired endowments to support itself, and further buildings to house its work. The College's buildings, including a chapel, a hall and a library, as well as accommodation for members of the College, reflected its functions as a place for a communal life of study and prayer. Source:
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Location: Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge, England.
Photo credit: © Stuart Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
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