Peterhouse is the oldest college in the
University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1284 by [Hugo de Balsham]
?, Bishop of Ely
?. Peterhouse has (
2001) approximately 250 undergraduates, 90 graduate students, and 45 fellows, making it one of the smallest
/Colleges in the University of Cambridge.
Famous alumni of Peterhouse
Charles Babbage (His analytical engine anticipated the modern computer)
Richard Baker (News reader)
Henry Cavendish
Christopher Cockerell
[Richard Crashaw]? (Poet)
James Dewar
Duke of Grafton (Prime Minister 1768-1770)
Thomas Gray (Poet)
Colin Charles Greenwood (Bass Player of Radiohead)
Michael Howard
[Lord Kelvin]?
Sir A Klug OM PRS (Nobel Prize Winner, Peterhouse Fellow)
[Archer Martin]? (Nobel Prize for developing partition chromatography)
[James Mason]? (British film star)
[Sam Mendes]? (Film producer)
[Andrew Perne]?
[Max Perutz]? (Nobel Prize for determining the structure of haemoproteins)
[Michael Portillo]?
[Claudia Pugh-Thomas]? (Trapeze artist)
[John Whitgift]?
[Frank Whittle]? (Developed [jet propulsion]?)
Official website, http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/