Pembroke College, Cambridge

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Pembroke College, Cambridge is one of the historic constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge, known for its medieval origins, notable alumni, and traditional academic and architectural heritage.

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instanceOf constituent college of the University of Cambridge
educational institution
academicFocus arts and humanities
sciences
admittedWomen 1980s
architecturalStyle Georgian
Victorian
medieval
category Colleges of the University of Cambridge
chapelArchitect Christopher Wren
chapelCompletionDate 1665
coatOfArmsDescription Arms of Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke, with three pallets and a bordure engrailed
country United Kingdom
founder Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke
foundingDate 1347
genderAdmission coeducational
hasBoatClub Pembroke College Boat Club
hasChapel Pembroke College Chapel
hasDiningHall Pembroke College Hall
hasGarden Fellows' Garden
hasLibrary Pembroke College Library
hasQuadrangle Ivy Court
New Court
Old Court
heritage medieval foundation
knownFor historic architecture
notable political alumni
strong literary tradition
locatedIn Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England
surface form: Cambridgeshire

England
motto "Dispecta est pulchritudo"
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation "Beauty is despised"
notableAlumnus Anita Desai
Clive James
Edmund Spenser
George Stokes
surface form: George Gabriel Stokes

John Sulston
Naomi Mitchison
George Howard Darwin
surface form: Sir George Howard Darwin

Ted Hughes
Thomas Gray
William Pitt the Younger
originalName Hall of Valence Mary
partOf Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
religiousAffiliation Church of England
sports rowing

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John Rogers educatedAt Pembroke College, Cambridge
subject surface form: John Rogers (martyr)
this entity surface form: Pembroke Hall, Cambridge
William Pitt the Younger educatedAt Pembroke College, Cambridge
Cambridge University hasPart Pembroke College, Cambridge
subject surface form: University of Cambridge
William Wilkins notableWork Pembroke College, Cambridge
this entity surface form: Pembroke College, Cambridge buildings