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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.
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 IIThis article is about the fourteenth century king of England. For other uses see Edward II (disambiguation Edward II ( April 25, 1284- September 21, 1327), of Caernarvon; king of England, the fourth son of Edward I of England by his first wife Eleanor of in 1317Events Births Deaths February 14 Marguerite, daughter of King Philip III of France. Emperor Fushimi of Japan Ramkhamhaeng the Great, king of the Sukhothai kingdom Shri Madhvacharya, Vaishnavite saint 1317. and refounded by Edward IIIEdward III ( 13 November 1312 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English Kings of mediaeval times. His fifty-year reign began when his father Edward II was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. Among his immediate predecessors, only in 1337This page concerns 1337 the year. 1337 is also used as a variant spelling of leet. Events March 17 The Duchy of Cornwall created when Edward the Black Prince is made the first Duke The titles of Duke and Duchess created. Beginning of the Hundred Years War.
Much of the college was re-designed and re-built by Thomas NevileThomas Nevile was an English clergyman and academic who was Dean of Peterborough (??-1597) and Canterbury (1597-??), Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (1582-93), and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1593-1615). A member of the historic Nevile fa, who became Master of Trinity in 1593Events May 18 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. July 25 King Henry IV of France returns to Catholicism, and is recognized as King in most of France. Outbreak of the Long War in Hungary between. This work included the construction of Nevile's CourtNevile's Court is a court in Trinity College, Cambridge, created by a bequest by the college's master, Thomas Nevile. The east side is dominated by the college's Great Hall, and the north and south sides house college rooms for fellows (and a few students between Great CourtGreat Court is the main court of Trinity College, Cambridge, and reputed to be the largest enclosed court in Europe. The court was completed by Thomas Nevile, master of the college, in the early years of the seventeenth century, when he rearranged the exi and the river Cam. The Court was completed in the late 17th century when the Wren Library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was built.
Its 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.
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.
