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| King's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||
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| Full name | The King's College of Our Lady and St Nicholas | |||||||||
| Motto | Veritas et utilitas Truth and usefulness | |||||||||
| Named after | Henry VI | |||||||||
| Previous names | - | |||||||||
| Established | 1441 | |||||||||
| Sister College | New College | |||||||||
| Provost | Dame Judith Mayhew-Jonas | |||||||||
| Location | http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v3/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=1720;yy=910;mt=c;ms=100;tl=King%27s%20College' class='external' title="http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v3/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=1720;yy=910;mt=c;ms=100;tl=King's College">King's Parade | |||||||||
| Undergraduates | 397 | |||||||||
| Graduates | 239 | |||||||||
| http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/' class='external' title="http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/">Homepage | http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~kcbc/' class='external' title="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~kcbc/">Boatclub
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The College was founded by King Henry VI in 1441 and was originally intended as a college for pupils from Eton College, itself founded by Henry. Over the following centuries the college the gradually broadened its intake and indeed is now widely regarded to be amongst the progressive of the Cambridge colleges. As of 2003, around 80% of the British undergraduate intake were educated at state schools.
The College's Chapel, considered a fine example of late Gothic architecture, was built over the period of 100 years in three stages. Much of the stone used to build the Chapel came from Ramsey Abbey near Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. The chapel features the world's largest fan vault , some fine examples of stained glass and the painting "The Adoration of the Magi" by Rubens.
The chapel continues to be used actively as a place of worship and also for some college events. The Chapel choir consists of students from both the college itself and the nearby King's College School. The choir traditionally broadcast their Nine Lessons and Carols on the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere from the chapel on Christmas EveChristmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day, and is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as a public holiday. It falls on December 24. Many Christians traditionally celebrate a Midnight mass at midnight on Christmas Eve, m.
The Chapel is widely seen as the symbol of Cambridge, for example in the logo of the city council (image).
