Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. It is often called Fitz from the students. It was created in 1966, but it is based on earlier student groups and associations. These began in 1869 with the idea of helping poor people to study at Cambridge. Today the college has around 750 students and is one of the largest. Fitzwilliam has the tradition of doing quite well in the sports.[1]
Some very famous people have studied at this College, like Charles Scott Sherrington and Albert Szent-Györgyi who both won Nobel Prizes.
The name of the college comes from the Fitzwilliam family.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Sports club - Fitzwilliam College". Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
Other websites
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