2. Cambridge - a city in the east
England, chosen in separate
region county Kembridgshir,
one of the oldest university
centers in Europe. It Is
Located in 70 km northward
from London, on r. Kem (the
influx r. Tie). The Area of the
territory 41 km2. In city is
found one of the best
universities of the world, with
which are bound 87 Nobel
laureates and 8 owners to
medals Fields’, delivering for
prominent mathematical
achievements.
3. The Geography:
Cambridge - an old-time
university city. The University
noted 800 jubilee in 2009.
Cambridge is one of the most
popular places in Great
Britain. It’s possible easy get
round on foot.
4. Earliest written mentioning about
Cambridge pertains to 730.
Cambridge is beside 2000 years. The
History of Cambridge began from
escape Oxfords students. The
Reasons and details happened
unknown, but in 1209 two Oxfords
students were hung for murder. The
Verdict was approved by king;
however students and teachers of the
university exuded its unacceptable.
Many have came to a conclusion
abandon the city and walls of the
colleges. The Shelter fugitives have
found riverside Kem, bridge through
which, existed since 875, and gave
the name a city. In 1223 decree-law
of the Papa Gregory IX has
confirmed the status Cambridge as
university.
5. Cambridge consists of more than 100 departments: 31
colleges, faculties, administrative institutions.
In university exist the job titles Professors, Senior Lecturers,
Readers, Lecturers and Assistant Lecturers, as well as
scientific employees, librarians, museums and offices
workman. In university works more than 600 teachers and
scientific employees.
Managerial system of Cambridge consists of Chancellor,
Vice-Chancellor, Regent House, Council, General Board of
the Faculties, Finance Committee, Board of Scrutiny,
Consultative Committee and Council of the Schools.
The University charter is published once at three years with
annual additions. It available to the whole university. Also the
university has a journal - Cambridge University Reporter, in
which are published university news, students and scientist’s
works.
6. Academic directions:
Scientific: chemical engineering; the
computer sciences; industrial engineering;
the mathematics; medicine; the natural
sciences; veterinary medicine.
Humanitarian: english-saxon, Scandinavian
and Celtic culture; the archaeologies and
anthropologies; the architectures; the
antique classicists; the economy; formation;
the english; the geographies; the histories;
the histories art; the rights; the linguistics;
management; modern and medieval
languages; the music’s; the east culture;
philosophy; social and political sciences;
the religions and theologies.
Cambridge is not only university and old-
time city, here develop many branches of
industry. It is machine building (the
scientific equipment and instruments,
computer technology), food and
polygraphic industries.
7. The Number of the
population is 130 thous.
persons, from which 20
thous. - a students(17%
- foreigners).
74, 5 % - white British
1, 4 % - white Irishman
9, 6 % - other white
2, 2 % - mixed races
5, 2 % - British Asians
5, 0 % - Chinese and
other
2, 2 % - black British
8. The Buildings of the colleges are very
beautiful. The most known - a chapel
in Kings College Chapel, Bridge of
Sighs in St John's College and the
Wren Library in Trinity College. The
Buildings Queen's College are the
most old-time and exciting. There are
beautiful gardens In majority of the
colleges, but the best are found in
Clare College and Pembroke College.
9. The University has many
museums: the Museum of
Archaeology and
Anthropology, the
Museum of Classical
Archaeology, the Museum
of Zoology, the Scott
Polar Research Institute
Museum , the Sedgwick
Museum of Earth
Sciences and the Whipple
Museum for the history of
Science.
10. Fitzwilliam's bequest included 144
pictures, among them Dutch paintings
he inherited through his maternal
grandfather and the masterpieces by
Titian, Veronese and Palma Vecchio
he acquired at the Orléans sales in
London. During a lifetime of
collecting, he filled more than 500
folio albums with engravings, to form
what has been described as "a vast
assembly of prints by the most
celebrated engravers, with a series of
Rembrandt's etchings unsurpassed in
England at that time". His library
included 130 medieval manuscripts
and a collection of autograph music
by Handel, Purcell and other
composers which has guaranteed the
Museum a place of prominence
among the music libraries of the
world.
11. The Cambridge University
Botanic Garden holds a plant
collection of over 8000 plant
species from all over the world to
facilitate teaching and research.
The Garden provides resources
including plant material,
horticultural expertise and
facilities to research workers and
lecturers.
Since its foundation, however, the
Botanic Garden has also provided
a beautiful place for everybody to
enjoy and benefit from - a series
of wonderful landscapes through
which to discover the drama of
plant diversity.
12. On street Cambridge is forbidden to play tennis.
New students in Cambridge must pass the circle "beginner", which consists of ten
Cambridge's beer. In each you must drink the pint a beer. The Beginner must do this
as quickly as possible.
Wittgenstein buried in Cambridge on graveyard St Giles Churchyard, not far from
Churchill College.
In Cambridge were opened Structure DNK and created method of the artificial
insemination.
Archeologists from university Cambridge have found southward from city remains
english-saxon princess, lived in VII age of our era.
13. Pink Floyd - British
progressive/rock group,
created in Cambridge.
Graduates of Cambridge:
philosopher Frensis Bekon,
lord Bayron, Coleridge,
Vordsvort, Charles Darvin,
John Meynard Keyns, A.A.
Miln, Dgavaharlal Neru, Isaak
Newton, Earnst Rezerford,
Vladimir Nabokov, Petr
Kapica, James Maksvell, Floor
Dirak, George Thompson,
Uiliyam Harvi, Jayne Gudell,
Cue Filbi, princes Charles and
Edward, Frensis Shout, Alan
Tyuring, Steven Houking, Fred
Sander.
14. Guide to Cambridge from Wikitravel
Cambridge Tourist Information Centre
The Cambridge Evening News
Cambridge 2000 — a large collection of photographs of
Cambridge architecture
Cambridge in Colour — collection of night and low-light
photographs of Cambridge
Cambridge (UK) Web Guide — Cambridge (UK) Web Sites
Interactive aerial photo and map
Cambridge on Google Maps
