Darwin College, Cambridge facts for kids
Darwin College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. It was built in 1964, and it was the first college to have both men and women as students. The college has about 650 students: they are all postgraduate since Darwin does not allow undergraduates. The name comes from the famous scientist Charles Darwin and his family.
Some very famous people have studied here, like Elizabeth Blackburn. She won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in medicine.
It is on the bank of River Cam opposite to Queens' College.
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| Christ's • Churchill • Clare • Clare Hall • Corpus Christi • Darwin • Downing • Emmanuel • Fitzwilliam • Girton • Gonville and Caius • Homerton • Huges Hall • Jesus • King's • Lucy Cavendish • Magdalene • Murray Edwards • Newnham • Pembroke • Peterhouse • Queens' • Robinson • St Catharine's • St Edmund's • St John's • Selwyn • Sidney Sussex • Trinity • Trinity Hall • Wolfson |  |
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Images for kids
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Main Building
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Silver Street
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Darwin College Dining Hall, Christmas 2011
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Elizabeth Blackburn: 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine
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Eric Maskin: 2007 Nobel laureate in economics
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Nancy Cox: Virologist
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Paul Clement: Former United States Solicitor General
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Seamus O'Regan: Canadian politician and journalist
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Amartya Sen: 1998 Nobel laureate in economics
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Sir Karl Popper: Philosopher of Science
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Max Perutz: 1962 Nobel laureate in chemistry
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Martin Rees: Astrophysicist
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César Milstein: 1984 Nobel laureate in medicine
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Tony Hoare: Computer scientist
