King's College, Cambridge

King's College, Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

The College was founded by King Henry VI in 1441 and was originally intended as a college for pupils from Eton College, itself founded by Henry. Over the following centuries the college the gradually broadened its intake and indeed is now widely regarded to be amongst the progressive of the Cambridge colleges. As of 2003, around 80% of the British undergraduate intake were educated at state schools.

The College Chapel

The College's Chapel, considered a fine example of late Gothic architecture, was built over the period of 100 years in three stages. Much of the stone used to build the Chapel came from Ramsey Abbey near Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. The Chapel choir traditionally broadcast their Nine Lessons and Carols on the BBC from the chapel on Christmas Eve. The Chapel is widely seen as the symbol of Cambridge, for example in the logo of the city council.

Alumni of the College include:

• E. M. Forster
• Rupert Brooke
• Alan Turing
• John Maynard Keynes
• Salman Rushdie
• Tam Dalyell
• Andrew Davis
• Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
• David Baddiel
• Zadie Smith.

The College is located in King's Parade.

External links

• Official Web Site

Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Christ's | Churchill | Clare | Clare Hall; | Corpus Christi; | Darwin | Downing | Emmanuel | Fitzwilliam | Girton | Gonville and Caius; | Homerton | Hughes Hall; | Jesus | King's | Lucy Cavendish; | Magdalene | New Hall; | Newnham | Pembroke | Peterhouse | Queens' | Robinson | St Catharine's; | St Edmund's; | St John's; | Selwyn | Sidney Sussex; | Trinity | Trinity Hall; | Wolfson