List of heads of the colleges of the University of Cambridge
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| College College A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations... |
Incumbent | Title | Appointed |
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| Christ's Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:... |
Kelly, Prof. Frank Frank Kelly (professor) Francis Patrick "Frank" Kelly, FRS is professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.... |
Master | 2006 |
| Churchill Churchill College, Cambridge Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.In 1958, a Trust was established with Sir Winston Churchill as its Chairman of Trustees, to build and endow a college for 60 fellows and 540 Students as a national and Commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill; its... |
Wallace, Prof. Sir David David Wallace (physicist) Professor Sir David James Wallace, CBE, FRS, DL is the Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge and master of Churchill College, Cambridge.... |
Master | 2006 |
| Clare Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"... |
Badger Prof. Tony Tony Badger Anthony John "Tony" Badger is the Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge University and Master of Clare College, Cambridge. He is a specialist in post-World War II Southern American political history.-Life:... |
Master | 2003 |
| Clare Hall Clare Hall, Cambridge Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students.Informality is a defining value at Clare Hall and this contributes to its unique character... |
Harris, Prof. Sir Martin Martin Harris (academic) Professor Sir Martin Best Harris CBE , MA PhD LLD is a British academic and Professor of Linguistics.He was born at Ruabon, Wales, the son of William Best Harris, afterwards City Librarian of Plymouth, and educated at Devonport High School for Boys in Plymouth, and at Queens' College, Cambridge... |
President | 2008 |
| Corpus Christi Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary... |
Laing, Mr Stuart Stuart Laing (diplomat) Stuart Laing is a British diplomat.He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1970 having studied Classics. He entered the diplomatic service in 1970.... |
Master | 2008 |
| Darwin Darwin College, Cambridge Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin... |
Brown, Prof. Willie William Arthur Brown William Arthur Brown, CBE is an academic specialising in the field of industrial relations and the current Master of Darwin College, Cambridge.-Education and Academic Career:... |
Master | 2000 |
| Downing Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :... |
Everitt, Prof. Barry Barry Everitt (scientist) Barry Everitt ScD FRS FMedSci is Master of Downing College, Cambridge and a Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.He graduated in Zoology and Psychology at Hull University, received a Ph.D... |
Master | 2003 |
| Emmanuel Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary... |
Wilson, The Lord Wilson of Dinton Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton Richard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton GCB is a cross bench member of the British House of Lords.-Career:... |
Master | 2002 |
| Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study... |
Lethbridge, Prof. Robert Robert Lethbridge Professor Robert Lethbridge has been the Master of Fitzwilliam College since 2005, during which time the College has fallen to its lowest position in the Tompkins Table since 1997, when the constituent colleges of Cambridge University were first ranked in terms of their results across the full... |
Master | 2005 |
| Girton Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the... |
Smith, Prof. Susan J. Susan J. Smith Susan Jane Smith is Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. Smith previously held the Ogilvie Chair of Geography at the University of Edinburgh from 1990–2004 and until 2009 was a professor of geography at Durham University, where she played a key role in establishing the Institute of Advanced Study... |
Mistress | 2009 |
| Gonville and Caius Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and... |
Hum, Sir Christopher Christopher Hum Sir Christopher Owen Hum KCMG is the 41st Master of Gonville and Caius College, one of the oldest colleges of the University of Cambridge. He has held this post since his installation on 16 January 2006, prior to which he was Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China... |
Master | 2006 |
| Homerton Homerton College, Cambridge Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.With around 1,200 students, Homerton has more students than any other Cambridge college, although less than half of these live in the college. The college has a long and complex history dating back to the... |
Pretty, Dr Kate | Principal | 1991 |
| Hughes Hall Hughes Hall, Cambridge Hughes Hall, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. It is often informally called Hughes, and is the oldest of the four Cambridge colleges which admit only mature students... |
Squire, Mrs Sarah Sarah Squire Sarah Squire , is a former British diplomat and has been President of Hughes Hall, one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, since 2006... |
President | 2006 |
| Jesus Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely... |
White, Prof. Ian | Master | 2011 |
| King's King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University.... |
Harrison, Prof. Ross | Provost | 2007 |
| Lucy Cavendish Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge Lucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is a women-only college, which admits only postgraduates and undergraduates aged 21 or over.... |
Todd, Prof. Janet Janet Todd Janet Margaret Todd is a Welsh-born academic and a well-respected author of many books on women in literature. Todd was educated at Cambridge University and the University of Florida, where she undertook a doctorate on the poet John Clare... |
President | 2008 |
| Magdalene Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene... |
Robinson, Mr Duncan Duncan Robinson David Duncan Robinson, C.B.E., F.R.S.A., D.L., is the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is also the Chairman of the Henry Moore Foundation and was, until 2007, the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.... |
Master | 2002 |
| Murray Edwards | Barnes, Dr Jennifer Jennifer Barnes Dr Jennifer Barnes, BA, MA, MMus, PhD, FRSA is President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, formerly New Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge.-Life:She was born in Massachusetts, USA, and earned a BA in literature from Smith College... |
President | 2008 |
| Newnham Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College... |
Hodgson. Dame Patricia Patricia Hodgson Dame Patricia Anne Hodgson, DBE is the Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.-Biography:Following an early stint at the Conservative Party research department , Hodgson worked as a producer and journalist and was a founder-member of the distance learning team at the Open University... |
Principal | 2006 |
| Pembroke Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its... |
Dearlove, Sir Richard Richard Dearlove Sir Richard Billing Dearlove, KCMG, OBE was head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1999 until 6 May 2004.-Career:... |
Master | 2004 |
| Peterhouse Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the oldest college of the University, having been founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely... |
Dixon, Prof. Adrian Adrian Dixon Professor Adrian Dixon M.A., M.D., FRCR, FRCP, FRCS, FMedSci is the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.He was born in 1948 in Cambridge, where he is now Professor of Radiology at the University of Cambridge, and Honorary Consultant Radiologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital... |
Master | 2008 |
| Queens' Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville... |
Eatwell, The Lord John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell John Leonard Eatwell, Baron Eatwell is a British economist and the current President of Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was a student .-Education:... |
President | 1996 |
| Robinson Robinson College, Cambridge Robinson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Robinson is the newest of the Cambridge colleges, and is unique in being the only one to have been intended, from its inception, for both undergraduate and graduate students of either sex.- History :The college was founded... |
Yates, Prof. A. David | Warden | 2001 |
| St Catharine's St Catharine's College, Cambridge St. Catharine’s College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473, the college is often referred to informally by the nickname "Catz".-History:... |
Thomas, Prof. Dame Jean Jean Thomas (academic) Dame Jean Olwen Thomas, DBE, FMedSci, FLSW, FRS is Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.She was born in Treboeth, Swansea to John Robert and Lorna Thomas, attended Llwyn-y-Bryn High School for Girls and then studied chemistry at the University of Wales, gaining a first class B.Sc in 1964... |
Master | 2007 |
| St Edmund's St Edmund's College, Cambridge Saint Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the second oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which only accept students reading for either Masters or Doctorate degrees, or undergraduate degrees if they are aged 21 or older, the... |
Luzio, Prof. Paul Paul Luzio J Paul Luzio is the Professor of Molecular Membrane Biology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and also Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.... |
Master | 2004 |
| St John's St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints.... |
Dobson, Prof. Chris Chris Dobson Christopher Martin "Chris" Dobson, FRS, is a British chemist, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge. Dobson's research is largely concerned with protein folding and misfolding.Having completed a... |
Master | 2007 |
| Selwyn Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the... |
Bowring, Prof. Richard Richard Bowring Professor Richard John Bowring PhD, Litt.D is Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Fellow of Downing College.-Education:*1960-64 Blundell's School... |
Master | 2000 |
| Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance... |
Wallace-Hadrill, Prof. Andrew Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Andrew Wallace-Hadrill MA, DPhil, OBE, FBA is the Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and was formerly director of the British School at Rome.... |
Master | 2009 |
| Trinity Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows... |
Rees, Professor The Lord Rees of Ludlow Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He has been Astronomer Royal since 1995 and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge since 2004... |
Master | 2004 |
| Trinity Hall Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :... |
Daunton, Prof. Martin | Master | 2004 |
| Wolfson Wolfson College, Cambridge Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Wolfson is one of a small number of Cambridge colleges which admit only students over the age of 21. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates, with around 15% studying undergraduate... |
Evans, Prof. Richard Richard J. Evans Richard John Evans is a British academic and historian, prominently known for his history of Germany.-Life:Evans was born in London, of Welsh parentage, and is now Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and President of Wolfson College... |
President | 2010 |