The University of Cambridge is rich in history – its famous Colleges and University buildings attract visitors from all over the world. But the University's museums and collections also hold many treasures which give an exciting insight into some of the scholarly activities, both past and present, of the University's academics and students.

1949. The Press opens its first international branch in New York. North America had been an important market since the nineteenth century, with several agencies representing its interests. Macmillan had been the Press agent since 1920, and a Cambridge Department was created in 1929 until a small office is found for the new branch at 51 Madison ...

History is enormously interesting, intellectually rewarding and gives you skills that employers will value. Single and Joint Honours Undergraduate courses There are three ways to study History at Cambridge: as a single Honours subject, or jointly with either Politics or Modern Languages. History BA (Tripos) History & Politics BA (Tripos)

Sep 28, 1992 · the history is not only about university printers and their work--especially scholarly, schoolbook, bible, prayer book and almanac publishing (the university printers were england's largest...

1. Introduction: History and identity 2. The new political history 3. The new social, economic and labour history 4. The new cultural history 5. Gender history 6. Historical anthropology 7. The history of memory 8. The history of concepts 9. The visual turn 10. The history of material culture 11. Transnational, comparative and global history 12.

Feb 12, 2013 · The original Botanic Garden of Cambridge University was founded in 1762 in the centre of the city, now known as the New Museums Site. It was the former garden of the Austin Friars, purchased by Dr Richard Walker, Vice-Master of Trinity College, in 1760 for £1600.

Jun 11, 2018 · The University of Cambridge, it is generally accepted, came about as a result of a migration from the University of Oxford in 1209. The existence of a studium at Cambridge was recognized by a papal degree of Gregory IX dated June 14, 1233, and by about 1250 a draft of its statutes had arrived in Rome (Anglica MS 401).

This volume completes the history of Cambridge University Press from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth. It examines the ways by which the Press launched itself as a London publisher in the 1870s, building its educational and academic lists.

Join medieval historian, television producer and writer Helen Carr, as she guides us around the Colleges of Cambridge University. Helen brings to life a brie...

5 centuries imagining the future... the history of Cambridge University Press in 4 minutes!

Sep 14, 2021 · Born in 1643, Sir Isaac Newton was a student at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, before he became renowned for discovering gravity. He studied Advanced Mathematics, as well as Optics and Mechanics, throughout his stay at the college. He published several papers as a student that were well-received by the science community.