Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Not to be confused with Trinity College, Cambridge.

Colleges of the University of Cambridge Trinity Hall
Full name	College of Scholars of the Holy Trinity of Norwich
Founder	William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich
Named after	The Holy Trinity
Established	1350
Admittance	Men and women
Master	Martin Daunton
Undergraduates	390
Graduates	231
Sister colleges	All Souls College, Oxford; University College, Oxford
Location	Trinity Lane (map)
College website
Boat Club website

The Jerwood Library in Latham Court backs on to the River Cam next to Garret Hostel Bridge.

Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.

Foundation

The devastation caused by the Black Death plague of the 1340s caused the loss of nearly half of the English population; Bishop Bateman himself lost nearly 700 of his parish priests, and so his decision to found a college was probably centred around a need to rebuild the priesthood. Thus in the foundation of 1350, Bateman stated that the college's aim was "the promotion of divine worship and of canon and civil science and direction of the commonwealth and especially of our church and diocese of Norwich." This led the college to be particularly strong in legal studies, a tradition that has continued over the centuries.

Buildings

The college site on the River Cam was originally obtained from the purchase of a house from John de Crauden to house the monks during their study, and the main court was built in the college's first few decades.

The chapel was licensed in 1352 and built in 1366, in the year that Pope Urban V granted the Master and Fellows permission to celebrate Mass in the college. In 1729, Sir Nathaniel Lloyd redecorated the chapel in what, despite subsequent enlargements, remains an intimate style, forming the smallest of the University's chapels. The painting in the chapel is Maso da San Friano's Salutation or Visitation, depicting Mary's visit to Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.

Like the chapel, the Hall of the college was rebuilt by Sir Nathaniel Lloyd and enlarged in the 19th century. It also remains one of the smallest and most intimate halls in the University.

The college library was built in the late sixteenth century, probably during the mastership of Thomas Preston and is now principally used for the storage of manuscripts and rare books. The new Jerwood Library overlooking the river was opened by Lord Howe in 1999.

The college also owns properties in the centre of Cambridge, on Bateman Street and Thompson's Lane, and on its Wychfield Site next to Fitzwilliam College.

College life

Historically, Trinity Hall was known for being strong in Law; today, it has strengths not only in Law but across a range of academic subjects across the sciences, arts and humanities. Situated on the River Cam, nested between Clare College and Trinity College, the college is known for its friendly and unpretentious atmosphere. It also performs well at sport (e.g., rowing by its Boat Club) and has well-known musical and dramatic societies.^{[citation needed]}

It is a relatively small institution when compared to its larger but younger neighbour, Trinity College, founded in 1546. At first all colleges in Cambridge were known as Halls or Houses (e.g., Pembroke College was called Pembroke Hall) and then later changed their names from Hall to College. However, when Henry VIII founded Trinity College, Cambridge next door, it became clear that Trinity Hall would continue being known as a Hall. This is also why it is incorrect to call it Trinity Hall College, although Trinity Hall college (lower case) is, strictly speaking, accurate. Interestingly a similar situation existed once before in the history of the University, when Henry VI founded King's College (in 1441) despite the existence of King's Hall (founded in 1317). King's Hall was later dissolved in the foundation of Trinity College in 1546.

Masters and Fellows

The Elizabethan Library

Interior wall showing Coat of Arms

The present Master is historian Professor Martin Daunton.

See also:

• List of Masters of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
• Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Name	Birth	Death	Career
Hans Blix	1928		Former UN Chief Weapons Inspector
Stephen Hawking	1942		Physicist
J.B. Priestley	1894	1984	Writer
Marshall McLuhan	1911	1980	Media theorist
Frances Harrison	1966		BBC Tehran Correspondent
Rachel Weisz	1971		Academy Award-winning actress
Alistair Potts	1971		British World Champion coxswain
Robert Runcie	1921	2000	Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Andrew Marr	1959		Political journalist and broadcaster
Nicholas Hytner	1956		Theatre and film director
Terry Waite	1939		Fellow Commoner of Trinity Hall
Geoffrey Howe	1926		Former MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Don Cupitt	1934		Philosopher of Religion and scholar of Christian theology
Mark Tully	1935		BBC radio broadcaster
Samuel Pepys	1633	1703	Diarist
Robert Herrick	1591	1674	Poet
Admiral Howard	1536	1624
Donald Maclean	1913	1983	Soviet spy
Khwaja Nazimuddin	1894	1964	Pakistan's second Prime Minister
David Sheppard	1929	2005	Bishop and cricketer
Ronald Firbank	1886	1926	Novelist
Billy Fiske	1911	1940	Olympian and first American fatality of WWII. Gold in both the 1928 and 1932 Olympics as driver in the US bobsleigh team.
Tony Slattery	1959		Perrier Comedy Award-winning comedian
Matthew Holness			Perrier Comedy Award-winning creator of Garth Marenghi
Sophie Winkleman	1981		Actress
Magnus Linklater	1942		Journalist
Greville Janner	1928		Politician
Lord Fowler	1938		Politician
Lord Millett	1932		Law Lord
Lord Nicholls	1933		Law Lord
Nicholas Tomalin	1931	1973	Journalist and reporter
Thomas Bilney	1495	1531	Protestant reformer and martyr
Alfred Maudslay	1850	1931	Archaeologist, explorer, and diplomat
Andy Hopper	1953		Computer Pioneer, CBE FRS FREng
Emma Pooley	1982		Olympic silver medalist & Tour de France winner
Tom James	1984		Olympic Gold medalist
Aubrey de Grey	1963		Anti-ageing theorist
Neil Barnes	1954		Respiratory Physician/Consultant (Voted by the Times Magazine one of 'Britain's Top Docs')
Bruce Hendry	1955		Renal Physician
William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse	1887	1915	First airman to be awarded the Victoria Cross
Hugh Lawrence Doherty	1875	1919	Tennis player. Two gold and bronze medal in 1900 Olypmics, won Wimbledon five consecutive times in singles and eight times in doubles (with his brother)
Reginald Frank Doherty	1872	1910	Tennis player. Two gold and bronze medal in 1900 Olypmics, gold in 1908, won Wimledon single four times and doubles eight times
Gordon Lindsey Thomson			Rower. Gold in coxless pairs, silver in coxless fours in 1908 Olympics
Douglas Cecil Rees Stuart	1885	1969	Rower. Bronze medal in 1908 Olympics
Richard Frederick Boyle	1888	1953	Rower. Bronze medal in 1908 Olympics
Harold Edward Kitching	1885	1980	Rower. Bronze medal in 1908 Olympics
Lord John Wodehouse	1883	1941	Polo player. Silver medal in 1908 Olympics, gold medal in 1920. It is said that P. G. Wodehouse based the character of Bertie Wooster on him.
Sidney Earnest Swann	1890	1976	Rower. Gold medal in 1912 Olympics, silver medal in 1920. The only Manx person to have won an Olympic Gold.
William Faulder Smith	1886	1937	Hockey player. Gold medal in 1920 Olympics
Archibald David Emdonstone Craig	1887	1960	Fencer. Competed in the 1924 and 1948 Olympics
Sir David John Meyrick	1926	2004	Rower. Silver medal in 1948 Olympics.
John Cockett	1927		Hockey player. Bronze medal in 1952 Olympics.
John Taylor	1928		Hockey player. Bronze medal in 1952 Olympics.

Paired Oxford Colleges

Many Cambridge and Oxford Colleges are informally 'paired' with one another. Trinity Hall is paired both with All Souls College, Oxford and University College, Oxford.

See also

• June Event
• Trinity Hall Boat Club
• Ali Moeen Nawazish

Bibliography

• The Hidden Hall: Portrait of a Cambridge College, Peter Pagnamenta, ISBN 1-903942-31-4
• Trinity Hall: The History of a Cambridge College, 1350-1975, Charles Crawley, ISBN 0-9505122-0-6
• Warren's Book (Ed. 1911 by A.W.W.Dale)

External links

• Trinity Hall history
• Trinity Hall June Event
• Trinity Hall Boat Club
• Trinity Hall web page
• Heraldry of Trinity Hall
• Pictures of Trinity Hall by David Ranc