Editing Christ's College, Cambridge (section)

==Academic profile==

With a reputation even within Cambridge for the highest academic standards, Christ's came first in the [[Tompkins Table]]'s twentieth anniversary aggregate table,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/christs-top-of-20year-table-of-cambridge-colleges-698319.html|title=Christ's top of 20-year table of Cambridge colleges|work=The Independent |first1=Judith |last1=Judd |date=24 July 2000 |access-date=13 September 2014|archive-date=22 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122061729/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/christs-top-of-20year-table-of-cambridge-colleges-698319.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and between 2001 and 2007, it had a mean position of third.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tompkins Table 2000-2007|url=http://www.mattmayer.com/fun/tompkins/ |website=Matt Mayer |access-date=8 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801230649/http://www.mattmayer.com/fun/tompkins/|archive-date=1 August 2009}}</ref> Academic excellence continues at Christ's, with 91% of students in 2013 gaining a [[first class degree]] or an upper second (II.i). This is significantly higher than the University average of 70%.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/teachers/presentations/supporting_applicants_v2.pdf | title = Identifying and supporting Cambridge applicants |date=2011 |first1=Richard |last1=Partington |publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=13 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522175223/http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/teachers/presentations/supporting_applicants_v2.pdf |archive-date= May 22, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=447 | title = Christ's College Annual Magazine 2013 | access-date = 13 September 2014 | publisher = Christ's College, Cambridge Alumni | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522190920/http://alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=447 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Christ's is noted for educating two of Cambridge's most famous alumni, the poet [[John Milton]] and the naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], who, during the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the University, were both placed at the foreground as two of the four most iconic individuals in the University's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/quentin-blake-unveils-cambridge-800-panorama |title=Quentin Blake unveils Cambridge 800 panorama |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=10 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=University education |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/4284625/Cambridge-Universitys-800th-birthday-celebrated-with-spectacular-light-show.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/4284625/Cambridge-Universitys-800th-birthday-celebrated-with-spectacular-light-show.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Cambridge University's 800th birthday celebrated with spectacular light show |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=18 January 2009 |access-date=10 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Universitys-history-writ-large-on-screen.htm |title=University's history writ large on screen &#124; Cambridge City News, Cambridge Local News Stories & Latest Headlines |newspaper=Cambridge News |access-date=10 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112554/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Universitys-history-writ-large-on-screen.htm |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref> The college has also educated [[Nobel Laureates]] including [[Martin Evans]], [[James Meade]], [[Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd|Alexander Todd]] and [[Duncan Haldane]].<ref>{{cite news|title=University of Cambridge Nobel Laureates|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/research-at-cambridge/nobel-prize-winners|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Christ's College Distinguished Members|url=http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/distinguished-members|website=Christ's College|access-date=8 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215705/https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/distinguished-members|archive-date=23 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the University's 6th largest producer of Nobel Prize winners.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Some of the college's other famous alumni include former archbishop of Canterbury [[Rowan Williams]]; theologian [[William Paley]]; historian [[Simon Schama]]; South African Prime Minister [[Jan Smuts]]; [[Lord Mountbatten]]; medical doctor, scientist and diplomat [[Davidson Nicol]]; businessperson [[Ronald Bauer]]; and comedians [[John Oliver]], [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] and [[Andy Parsons]].