Editing Christ's College, Cambridge

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| name            = Christ's College
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| abbreviation    = CHR<ref>{{cite journal |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=6 March 2019 |title=Notice by the Editor |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml |journal=[[Cambridge University Reporter]] |volume=149 |issue=Special No 5 |pages=1 |access-date=20 March 2019 }}</ref>
| motto           = ''Souvent me Souvient'' (Old French)
| english_motto   = I often remember / Remember me often<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/introducing-souvient-new-cambridge-podcast-series-inspired-lady-margaret-beaufort |title=Introducing 'Souvient' – a new Cambridge podcast series inspired by Lady Margaret Beaufort |website=[[St John's College, Cambridge]]}}</ref>
| founders        = {{ubl|[[William Byngham]] (1437)|[[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] (nominal, 1448)}}
| named_after     = [[Jesus Christ]]
| established     = {{start date and age|1437}}<br />(refounded 1505)
| previous_names  = [[#History|God's House]] (1437–1505)
| location        = [[St Andrew's Street, Cambridge|St Andrew's Street]] (map)
| head_label      = Master
| head_link       = List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
| head            = [[Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford|Simon McDonald]]
| undergraduates  = 459 (2022-23)
| graduates       = 265 (2022-23)
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'''Christ's College''' is a [[Colleges of the University of Cambridge|constituent college]] of the [[University of Cambridge]], England. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 250 graduate students.<ref name="prospectus">{{cite web |url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges/christs/ |title=Undergraduate Admissions: Christ's College |work=University of Cambridge website |access-date=2 August 2009}}</ref> The college was founded by [[William Byngham]] in 1437 as '''God's House'''. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial endowment by [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]], and changed its name to Christ's College, becoming the twelfth of the Cambridge colleges to be founded in its modern form. 

Alumni of the college include the poet [[John Milton]], the naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], as well as the [[Nobel Laureates]] [[Martin Evans]], [[James Meade]], [[Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd|Alexander Todd]] and [[Duncan Haldane]]. The Master is [[Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford|Lord McDonald of Salford]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christ's College Welcomes New Master {{!}} Christs College Cambridge |url=https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/christs-college-welcomes-new-master |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.christs.cam.ac.uk}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Lady Margaret Christ's College Library.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Lady Margaret Beaufort]], Christ's College Library]]
Christ's College was founded by [[William Byngham]] in 1437 as God's House,<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Christs College Cambridge |url=https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/about/history |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=www.christs.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> on land which was soon after sold to enable the enlargement of [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=A.H.|title=The Early History of Christ's College|page=13}}</ref> Byngham obtained the first royal licence for God's House in July 1439.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=A.H.|title=The Early History of Christ's College|page=24}}</ref> The college was founded to provide for the lack of grammar-school masters in England at the time,<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=A.H.|title=The Early History of Christ's College|page=37}}</ref> and the college has been described as "the first secondary-school training college on record".<ref>{{cite book|last=Leach|title=The Schools of Medieval England|page=257}}</ref> The original site of Godshouse was surrendered in 1443 to King's College. About three-quarters of [[King's College Chapel]] stands on the original site of God's House.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=A.H.|title=The Early History of Christ's College|pages=44–45}}</ref>

After the original royal licence of 1439, three more licences, two in 1442 and one in 1446, were granted before in 1448 God's House received the charter upon which the college was in fact founded.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=A.H.|title=The Early History of Christ's College|page=86}}</ref> In this charter, [[King Henry VI]] was named as the founder, and in the same year the college moved to its modern site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lloyd|first=A.H.|title=The Early History of Christ's College|page=73}}</ref>

In 1505, the college was endowed by [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]], mother of [[Henry VII of England|King Henry VII]], and was given the name Christ's College, perhaps at the suggestion of her confessor, the Bishop [[John Fisher]].<ref name="College History">{{cite web | url = http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/history-christs-college | title = College History | access-date = 6 October 2015 | publisher = Christ's College, Cambridge}}</ref> The expansion in the population of the college in the 17th century led to the building, in the 1640s, of the Fellows' Building in what is now Second Court.<ref name="College History"/>

==Buildings==
[[File:Christ's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|left|The chapel, with a viewing window from the Master's Lodge]]
[[File:Christ's College Cambridge Great Gate.jpg|thumb|The Great Gate of Christ's College]]
The original 15th/16th-century college buildings now form part of First Court, including the chapel, Master's Lodge and Great Gate tower. The gate itself is disproportionate: the bottom has been cut off to accommodate a rise in street level, which can be seen in the steps leading ''down'' to the foot of L staircase in the gate tower. The college hall, originally built at the start of the 16th century, was restored in 1875–1879 by [[George Gilbert Scott, Jr.|George Gilbert Scott the younger]]. The lawn of First Court is famously round, and a [[wisteria]] sprawls up the front of the Master's lodge.

Second Court is fully built up on only three sides, one of which is formed by the 1640s Fellows' Building. The fourth side backs onto the Master's garden.

The Stevenson Building in Third Court was designed by [[J. J. Stevenson]] in the 1880s and was extended in 1905 as part of the College's Quadcentenary. In 1947 Professor [[Albert Richardson (architect)|Albert Richardson]] designed a new cupola for the Stevenson building, and a second building, the neo-Georgian Chancellor's Building (W staircase, now known as The Blyth Building), completed in 1950. Third Court's Memorial Building (Y staircase), a twin of the Chancellor's building, also by Richardson, was completed in 1953 at a cost of £80,000.<ref>Christ's College Magazine, Michaelmas 1953</ref> Third Court is also noted for its display of irises in May and June, a gift to the college in 1946.<ref>Christ's College Magazine no. 228, p 53, 2003</ref>

The controversial tiered concrete New Court (often dubbed "the Typewriter") was designed in the [[Modern architecture|Modernist]] style by Sir [[Denys Lasdun]] in 1966–70, and was described as "superb" in Lasdun's obituary in the ''Guardian''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4116124,00.html|title=Architects pay tribute to Denys Lasdun|work=The Guardian|date=12 January 2001|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> Design critic [[Hugh Pearman (architecture critic)|Hugh Pearman]] comments "Lasdun had big trouble relating to the street at the overhanging rear".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hughpearman.com/articles2/lasdun2.html |title=The Legacy of Lasdun |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305055321/http://www.hughpearman.com/articles2/lasdun2.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref> It appears distinctively in aerial photographs, forming part of the northern boundary of the college.

An assortment of neighbouring buildings have been absorbed into the college, of which the most notable is the Todd Building, previously Cambridge's [[County Hall, Cambridge|County Hall]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |year=1970|title=The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire|publisher=Penguin|location=London|page=232|isbn=978-0300205961}}</ref>

Through an arch in the Fellows' Building is the Fellows' Garden. It includes two [[mulberry]] trees, of which the older was planted in 1608, the same year as [[John Milton|Milton]]'s birth. Both trees have toppled sideways, the younger tree in the [[Great Storm of 1987]], and are now earthed up round the trunks, but continue to fruit every year.<ref>Christ's College Magazine no. 228, p 56, 2003</ref>

===Swimming pool===

Christ's College is one of only five colleges in Oxford or Cambridge to have its own swimming pool. It is fed by water from [[Hobson's Conduit]]. Recently refurbished, it is now known as the 'Malcolm Bowie Bathing Pool', and is thought to be the oldest outdoor swimming pool in the UK, dating from the mid 17th century.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/default/news/malcolm-bowie-bathing-pool-official-opening | title = Malcolm Bowie Bathing Pool Official Opening | access-date = 13 September 2014 | publisher = Christ's College, Cambridge | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214349/http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/default/news/malcolm-bowie-bathing-pool-official-opening | archive-date = 25 May 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The other four swimming pools within colleges belong to [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton College]] (indoor pool), [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]] (outdoor pool), [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College]] (outdoor pool) and [[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall]] (indoor pool).

===Gallery===
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File:The Master's Lodge, Christ's College - geograph.org.uk - 632926.jpg|Master's Lodge, First Court
File:Cambridge - Christ's College - 1438.jpg|Charles Darwin's Rooms, First Court
File:Cambridge - Christ's College - 1479.jpg|Christ's College Cambridge, Dining Hall, Back
File:Christs Fellows Bldg-Garden.jpg|Fellows' Garden, showing rear of Fellows' Building
File:Third Court, Christ's College, Cambridge.jpg|Third Court: Memorial and Stevenson Buildings
File:Christs-college-third-court-2.jpg|New Court: Lasdun Building, known as "The Typewriter"
File:Charles Darwin Bicentenary Statue - geograph.org.uk - 1580145.jpg|Darwin Garden, New Court, w. Darwin statue by [[Anthony Smith (sculptor)|Anthony Smith]]
</gallery>

===Plan of College===
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==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]].

==Student life==
[[File:Cambridge boathouses - Christ's.jpg|thumb|Christ's College Boat Club's boathouse on the River Cam]]

The [[Junior Combination Room]] (JCR) represents the undergraduate students. It organises social and welfare events, and negotiates on the students' behalf on important issues. The JCR has a standing committee and a common room for all the students. The JCR's counterpart, the Middle Combination Room (MCR), represents the graduate students of the College, and has its own bar. The MCR organises regular Graduate Halls. A Garden Party is held by both the JCR and the MCR every June in the Fellows' Garden. The Senior Combination Room (SCR) is composed solely of [[fellow]]s of the College and holds two feasts each year.

The Acting Chaplain of the college is Michael Dormandy.

Other societies at Christ's include:
* The Marguerites Club, one of the oldest surviving College societies, reformed in 1899 by [[Gilbert Jessop]] the then captain of CUCC. It is believed to have originally formed some ten years earlier, but was soon disbanded. Originally the society was confined to captains and secretaries or those with colours in three sports. The club continues to exist to recognise sporting excellence within the college. The name originated from the club's original blazer, which was navy blue in colour with the Foundress's 'rebus' or badge, signifying her name, embroidered on the pocket.
* [[Christ's College Boat Club]], the oldest college sports club still active, having been founded in 1830. Like many other Cambridge Colleges, Christ's has its own boathouse on the banks of the Cam.
* Christ's College Rugby Football Club, founded in 1875 by [[Alfred Cort Haddon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/alumni/distinguished-alumni/haddon/|title=Official Christ's College Website; Distinguished Alumni|publisher=Christ's College, Cambridge|access-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118000242/http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/alumni/distinguished-alumni/haddon/|archive-date=18 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> who is considered the father of modern anthropology. In the 1960 Varsity Match, eight of the starting Cambridge team were students at Christ's and all of the side's points were scored by Christ's players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5c42jbFuko| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/w5c42jbFuko| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Rugby Varsity Match 1960: First Half Highlights.|via=YouTube|access-date=13 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The CCRFC is nicknamed "The Brown Rings" after the brown and white hoops featured on the match kit.
* Christ's College Association Football Club, which prides itself on having won the inter-collegiate Cuppers competition more times than any other.
* Christ's Films, which uses the theatre to screen new films weekly
* Christ's Amateur Dramatic Society
* Christ's College Medical Society
* Christ's Politics Society
* Christ's College Music Society, founded 1710.
* [[Christ's College Chapel Choir]]

===May ball===

Christ's, like most other Cambridge Colleges, also hosts a biennial [[May Ball]] in the time after undergraduate examinations which is by students commonly known as [[May Week]]. A separate society called "Christ's College May Ball Committee" is set up every two years to organise and direct this event. The 2010 May Ball, named "L'Esprit Nouveau", was held on 15 June 2010 and featured a 1920s Parisian theme, [[Two Door Cinema Club]] headlined the entertainment. The May Ball in June 2012 featured a [[Rio de Janeiro]] carnival theme. Other previous themes include Le Reve in 2002, Silhouette in 2004, Elysium in 2006 and 'The Jasmine Ball' in 2008. The May Ball on Tuesday 17 June 2014 was hailed as one of the best May Balls of the year.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/7362 | title = Christ's May Ball 2014: Close to Perfection | access-date = 19 June 2014 | archive-date = 14 July 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142337/http://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/7362 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was themed "The [[Emerald City]]". The May Ball in 2016 was themed as Biophilia.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/10646 | title = May Ball Review: Christ's}}</ref> In 2018 the theme was A Night's Tale.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/review-christ-s-may-ball/ | title = Review: Christ's May Ball| date = 21 June 2018}}</ref> While the 2020 Ball was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the May Ball returned in 2022, themed as Mythos. The 2024 May Ball was themed after the [[William Shakespeare]] play, ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.christsmayball.co.uk/#/ | title = Review: Christ's May Ball| date = 25 February 2024}}</ref>

==Grace==

The College Grace is normally said before any dinner held in the Formal Hall of the College. Though the student body rises for the recitation of the Grace, Christ's is one of the only Colleges in Cambridge where the students do not rise when the Fellows enter and leave the Dining Hall. This is said to be the result of a historical conflict between the Students and Fellows at Christ's, who were on opposite sides during the [[English Civil War]]. The words of the Grace are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Latin !! English
|-
| ''Exhilarator omnium Christe''

''Sine quo nihil suave, nihil jucundum est:''<br />
''Benedic, quaesumus,'' <br />
''cibo et potui servorum tuorum,''<br />
''Quae jam ad alimoniam corporis apparavisti;''<br />
''et concede ut istis muneribus tuis ad laudem tuam utamur''<br />
''gratisque animis fruamur;''<br />
''utque quemadmodum corpus nostrum''<br />
''cibis corporalibus fovetur,''<br />
''ita mens nostra spirituali verbi tui'' <br />
''nutrimento pascatur''

''Per te Dominum nostrum,''

''Amen.''<br />
|| Christ, the gladdener of all,

Without whom nothing is sweet, nothing pleasant:<br />
Bless, we beseech you,<br /> 
the food and drink of your servants,<br />
Which you have now provided for the nourishment of the body;<br />
And grant that we may use these gifts of yours for your praise,<br />
And enjoy them with grateful minds;<br />
And that, just as our body <br />
is nourished by bodily foods,<br />
So our mind may feed <br />
on the spiritual nourishment of your Word.

Through you, our Lord,

Amen.<br />
|}

==Notable people==
{{Further|List of honorary fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge}}

===Proctors of God's House===
* 1439–1451 [[William Byngham]]
* 1451–1458 [[John Hurt (God's House)|John Hurt]]
* 1458–1464 [[William Fallan]]
* 1464–1477 [[William Basset (God's House)|William Basset]]
* 1477–1490 [[Ralph Barton (God's House)|Ralph Barton]]
* 1490–1505 [[John Sickling]]

===Masters of Christ's===
{{main|List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge}}

===Notable alumni===
{{main|List of alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge}}
{{See also|Category:Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge}}
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File:John Milton Christ's College.jpg|[[John Milton]]
File:John Finch Peter Lely Christs College.jpg|[[John Finch (ambassador)|Sir John Finch]]
File:Thomas Baines by Isaac Fuller Christs College.jpg|[[Thomas Baines (physician)|Sir Thomas Baines]]
File:John Tayloe III (Stuart).png|[[John Tayloe III]]
File:AbpFrederickCornwallis.jpg|[[Frederick Cornwallis]]
File:Beilby porteus engraving.jpg|[[Beilby Porteus]]
File:William Paley Christ's College.jpg|[[William Paley]]
File:Charles Darwin painting by Walter William Ouless, 1875.jpg|[[Charles Darwin]]
File:J.C.Bose.JPG|[[Jagdish Chandra Bose]]
File:Jan Smuts 1947.jpg|[[Jan Smuts]]
File:Lord Mountbatten 4 Allan Warren.jpg|[[Lord Mountbatten]]
File:JROppenheimer-LosAlamos.jpg|[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]
File:Alexander Todd Nobel.jpg|[[Alexander R. Todd|Alexander, Lord Todd]]
File:Martin Evans Nobel Prize.jpg|[[Martin Evans|Sir Martin Evans]]
File:Simonschrama.JPG|[[Simon Schama|Sir Simon Schama]]
File:Rowan Williams 2007.jpg|[[Rowan Williams]]
File:Jasmine Birtles.jpg|[[Jasmine Birtles]]
File:Sacha Baron Cohen, 2011.jpg|[[Sacha Baron Cohen]]
File:John Oliver November 2016.jpg|[[John Oliver]]
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|- style="background:#f7f7f7;"
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Career
|-
|[[Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid]] Al-Hussein
|1936
|
|Jordanian Prince
|-
|[[Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad|Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein]]
|1964
|
|[[High Commissioner for Human Rights|UN High Commissioner for Human Rights]]
|-
|[[William Ames]]
|1576
|1633
|Reformed Theologian
|-
|[[Thomas Baines (physician)|Thomas Baines]]
|1622
|1680
|Physician, original Fellow of Royal Society
|-
|[[Richard Bancroft]]
|1544
|1610
|Archbishop of Canterbury, Organiser of James I Bible
|-
|{{sortname|Sacha|Baron Cohen}}
|1971
|
|Comedian
|-
|[[Jasmine Birtles]]
|1962
|
|British financial and business commentator, television presenter, author and journalist
|-
|[[Jagdish Chandra Bose]]
|1858
|1937
| Indian physicist
|-
|[[C. Delisle Burns]]
|1879
|1942
|Atheist and secularist writer and lecturer
|-
|[[Brian Cantor]]
|1948
|
|Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Bradford]] and previously of the [[University of York]]
|-
|[[Sir Anthony Caro]]
|1924
|2013
|Sculptor
|-
|[[Randolph Carter]]
|1874
|1932
|Explorer
|-
|[[John Cook (musician)|John Cook]]
|1918
|1984
|Prolific Anglo-American composer and organist
|-
|[[Miles Corbet]]
|1594/5
|1662
|Regicide
|-
|[[Frederick Cornwallis]]
|1713
|1783
|[[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|[[John Cornwell (writer)|John Cornwell]]
|1940
|
|British author and journalist
|-
|[[John James Cowperthwaite]]
|1916
|2006
|Credited with policies allowing Hong Kong's economic boom in the 1960s
|-
|[[John Cridland]]
|1961
|
|Director-General of the [[Confederation of British Industry]]
|-
|[[Charles Darwin]]
|1809
|1882
|British [[natural history|naturalist]]
|-
|[[Patrick Devlin (judge)|Patrick Arthur Devlin, Baron Devlin]]
|1905
|1992
|Jurist, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
|-
|[[Colin Dexter]]
|1930
|2017
|Novelist
|-
|[[Jill Duff]]
|1972
| 
|[[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop of Lancaster]]
|-
|[[George Dwyer]]
|1908
|1987
|Archbishop of Birmingham; Council Father of the Second Vatican Council
|-
|[[James Chuter Ede]]
|1882
|1965
|[[Home Secretary]] and [[Leader of the House of Commons]]
|-
|[[Martin Evans|Sir Martin Evans]]
|1941
|
|[[Biochemist]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate in medicine]]
|-
|[[Dee Ferris]]
|1973
|
|British Painter
|-
|[[John Finch (ambassador)|John Finch]]
|1626
|1682
|Ambassador, original Fellow of Royal Society
|-
|[[Noel Gay]]
|1898
|1954
|Composer
|-
|[[Nina Gold]]
|1964
|
|BAFTA-winning casting director
|-
|[[Edmund Grindal]]
|1519
|1583
|[[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|[[Alfred Cort Haddon]]
|1855
|1940
|Father of modern anthropology
|-
|[[Duncan Haldane]]
|1951
|
|Physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate in physics]]
|-
|[[Yusuf Hamied]]
|1936
|
|Chemist and industrialist
|-
|[[Natalie Haynes]]
|1974
|
|Writer and broadcaster and a former comedian.
|-
|[[John Healey (politician)|John Healey]]
|1960
|
|British politician
|-
|[[Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg]]
|1940
|
||Lord Chancellor
|-
|[[Phillip King (artist)|Phillip King]]
|1934
|2021
|Sculptor
|-
|[[David Knowles (scholar)|David Knowles]]
|1896
|1974
|Historian
|-
|[[David Konstant]]
|1930
|
|[[Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds]]
|-
|[[John Kotelawala]]
|1897
|1980
|[[Prime Minister of Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka)
|-
|[[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]]
|c 1506
|1552
|Father of English history
|-
|[[Tony Lewis]]
|1938
|
|England and Glamorgan cricket captain; writer and broadcaster
|-
|[[Michael Liebreich]]
|1963
|
|Clean energy expert, founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance
|-
|[[Richard Luce, Baron Luce|Richard Luce]]
|1936
|
|Lord Chamberlain
|-
|[[Michael Lynch (entrepreneur)|Michael Lynch]]
|1965
|
|Founder of [[Autonomy Systems]]
|-
|[[Edward Petronell Manby]]
|1864
|1929
|Medical Officer to the Ministry of Health
|-
|[[Allama Mashriqi]]
|1883
|1963
|Founder of the [[Khaksars|Khaksar Tehreek]]
|-
|[[Peter Mathieson (professor)|Sir Peter Mathieson]]
|1959
|
|Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Edinburgh]]
|-
|[[David Mellor]]
|1949
|
|British politician
|-
|[[Sir Walter Mildmay]]
|
|1589
|Founder of [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]
|-
|[[Miles Millar]]
|c 1967
|
|Hollywood screenwriter and producer
|-
|[[John Milton]]
|1608
|1674
|English poet
|-
|[[Helen Mort]]
|1985
|
|Poet
|-
|[[Lord Mountbatten|Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]
|1900
|1979
|[[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral (RN)]] and statesman
|-
|[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]]
|1738
|1789
|Governor of Virginia; signer of the American Declaration of Independence
|-
|[[Davidson Nicol]]
|1924
|1994
|Sierra Leonean academic, diplomat, physician, and writer
|-
|[[John Oliver]]
|1977
|
|British political comedian
|-
|[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]
|1904
|1967
|American theoretical physicist and 'father of the atomic bomb'
|-
|[[Andy Parsons]]
|1967
|
|English comedian and writer
|-
|[[William Paley]]
|1743
|1805
|English theologian and philosopher
|-
|[[Steve Palmer (footballer)|Steve Palmer]]
|1968
|
|Professional football player
|-
|[[John Peile]]
|1838
|1910
|Philologist
|-
|[[William Perkins (Puritan)|William Perkins]]
|1558
|1602
|Leading [[Puritan]] Theologian of the Elizabethan Era
|-
|[[Sir John Plumb]]
|1911
|2001
|British historian
|-
|[[Thomas Plume]]
|1630
|1704
|English cleric, founder of the University's [[Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy|Plumian Chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy]]
|-
|[[Roy Porter]]
|1946
|2002
|British historian
|-
|[[Beilby Porteus]]
|1731
|1809
|[[Bishop of Chester]] and [[Bishop of London]], leading [[reform movement|reformer]] and [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolitionist]]
|-
|[[Maheshi Ramasamy]]
|
|
|Physician and lecturer
|-
|[[Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell|Peter Rawlinson]]
|1919
|2006
|[[Attorney General for England and Wales]]
|-
|[[Forrest Reid]]
|1875
|1948
|Cambridge apostle, novelist, literary critic
|-
|[[Austin Robinson]]
|1897
|1993
|British Economist and economic historian
|-
|[[Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham]]
|1738
|1786
|British [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]]
|-
|[[David Say]]
|1939
|2006
|Bishop of Rochester
|-
|[[Simon Schama|Sir Simon Schama]]
|1945
|
|British historian, author, and television presenter
|-
|[[Nicholas Serota|Sir Nicholas Serota]]
|1946
|
|Director of the Tate Gallery
|-
|[[Walter William Skeat]]
|1835
|1912
|Philologist
|-
|[[Jan Smuts]]
|1870
|1950
|[[Prime Minister of South Africa]], [[Field Marshal]], and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] statesman
|-
|[[C. P. Snow|Charles Snow, Baron Snow]]
|1905
|1980
|British novelist and philosopher
|-
|[[John Soothill]]
|1925
|2004
|Paediatric immunologist
|-
|[[F. Gordon A. Stone]]
|1925
|2011
|British chemist
|-
|[[Szeming Sze]]
|1908
|1998
|Chinese Diplomat, WHO co-founder
|-
|[[Nicholas Tarling]]
|1931
|2017
|Historian
|-
|[[Jeffrey Tate|Sir Jeffrey Tate]]
|1943
|2017
|Conductor
|-
|[[John Tayloe III]]
|1770
|1828
|Plantation owner, horse breeder and American politician. Imported [[Diomed]] to the United States 
|-
|[[Henry Teonge]]
|1620
|1690
|Naval chaplain and diarist
|-
|[[Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull]]
|1945
|
|[[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Secretary]] and head of the [[British Civil Service|Civil Service]]
|-
|[[Edward Whitehead Reid]]
|1883
|1930
|Aviator
|-
|[[Richard Whiteley]]
|1943
|2005
|British television presenter
|-
|[[Rowan Williams]]
|1950
|
|British theologian, [[Anglican]] [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
|-
|[[Erik Christopher Zeeman|Sir Christopher Zeeman]]
|1925
|2016
|British mathematician
|}

==References==
<references>
{{r|n=christs-cam-statutes|r=
{{cite web
| author=Christ's College, Cambridge
| title=Statutes and Ordinances
| date=June 2022
| website=christs.cam.ac.uk

| url=https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-statutes-and-ordinances-combined-revised-june-2022.pdf
| url-status=live
| access-date=2022-10-20

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020044329/https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-statutes-and-ordinances-combined-revised-june-2022.pdf
|archive-date=2022-10-20
}}
}}
</references>

===Bibliography===
*{{citation|title=The Early History of Christ's College, Cambridge: Derived from Contemporary Documents|first=A. H.|last= Lloyd
| publisher = Cambridge University Press|year= 2010|isbn=978-1108008976}} (account of the history of God's House, originally published in 1934)
*{{citation|title= Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505-1905: And of the Earlier Foundation, God's House, 1448-1505|first=John |last=Peile|edition=reprint|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year= 2014|isbn=978-1107426047}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Christ's College, Cambridge}}
*[http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ Official Christ's College website]
*[http://www.thejcr.co.uk/ Christ's JCR website] 
*[http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/mcr/ Christ's MCR website]

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