History of Gonville and Caius College

Name: History of Gonville and Caius College
Brand: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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By Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence

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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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Number of Pages:: 408
Release Date:: 1986-05-01
Publication Date:: 1996-12-19
Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0851154239
ISBN13:: 9780851154237
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 775 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 2.6 cm

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