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university, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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- Date:
- 1209 - present
- Notable Alumni:
- Lord Rayleigh
- Ian Hacking
- Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
- Peter Eisenman
- Martin Rees
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University of Cambridge, English autonomous institution of higher learning at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam 50 miles (80 km) north of London. The start of the university is generally taken as 1209, when scholars from Oxford migrated to Cambridge to escape Oxford’s riots of “town and gown” (townspeople versus scholars). To avert possible troubles, the authorities in Cambridge allowed only scholars under the supervision of a master to remain in the town. It was partly to provide an orderly place of residence that (in emulation of Oxford) the first college, Peterhouse, was founded in 1284 by Hugo de ...(100 of 772 words)