Peterhouse, Cambridge

Peterhouse
Established	1284
Sister College	Merton College
Master	The Lord Wilson of Tillyron
Graduates	128
Undergraduates	271

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 (Scientist)
• Christopher Cockerell (inventor of the hovercraft)
• Richard Crashaw (Poet)
• James Dewar (scientist)
• Duke of Grafton (Prime Minister 1768-1770)
• Thomas Gray (Poet)
• Colin Charles Greenwood (Bass Player of Radiohead)
• Michael Howard (MP)
• Lord Kelvin (scientist)
• Sir A Klug OM PRS (Nobel Prize Winner, Peterhouse Fellow)
• Archer Martin (Nobel Prize for developing partition chromatography)
• James Mason (British film star)
• Chris Mead (ornithologist)
• Sam Mendes (Film producer)
• Andrew Perne
• Max Perutz (Nobel Prize for determining the structure of haemoproteins)
• Michael Portillo (politician)
• Claudia Pugh-Thomas (Trapeze artist)
• Anthony St Leger (soldier, politician, Governor of Saint Lucia, and founder of the St. Leger Stakes)
• John Whitgift (archbishop)
• Frank Whittle (Developed jet propulsion)

• Peterhouse website