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It was founded in 1393 when William Fiswick (also known as Fishwick or Physwick), [4] the first esquire or armiger bedel of the university, [3] bequeathed his Trinity Lane hall to Gonville Hall [5] (later Gonville and Caius College). [1] Chambers and lodgings were added by William Revell, rector of Titchwell, Norfolk, in his own benefice.
Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities. [1] The extent of the arrangement differs from case to case, but commonly includes the right to dine at one's sister college, the right to book accommodation there, the holding of joint events between JCRs and invitations to May balls.
Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius (/ k iː z / KEEZ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge [3] in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville , it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest.
Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1 C, 818 P) F. Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (2 C, 173 P)
Gonville and Caius College № Master Portrait Term of office (15) Thomas Bacon D.D. 4 September 1557 (continued) 1 January 1559† 16 John Caius M.D. 24 January 1559 27 June 1573 (nominated Legge) 17 Thomas Legge LL.D. 27 June 1573 12 July 1607† 18 William Branthwaite D.D. 14 December 1607 January 1619† 19 John Gostlin M.D. 16 February 1619
The following is a list of notable people educated at Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge, including alumni of Gonville Hall, as the college was known from 1348 to 1351, and notable alumni since.
He became Professor of British History at the University of Essex 2003–2009, but returned to Cambridge in 2009 as a professorial Life Fellow of Caius: he and his wife have lived there since 1970. His autobiography explains that in Cambridge his lectures and writing 'bypassed the kings, aristocrats, bishop and captains of industry and empire ...
Caius Boat Club (CBC; Caius pronounced keys) is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The club has rowed on the River Cam since 1827, and like the other college boat clubs its aim is to gain and hold the headship of the Lent Bumps and May Bumps , now held in eight-oared boats , separately for men and women.