Clare College, Cambridge
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Clare College heraldic shield: on the left there are the three chevrons of the de Clare family. On the right is the cross gules of the de Burgh family (Elizabeth de Clare's first husband was John de Burgh. This shield with its border of tears was used on Elizabeth de Clare's personal seal.
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| University | University of Cambridge |
| Location | Trinity Lane (map) |
| Established | 1326 |
| Named for | Elizabeth de Clare |
| Previous names | University Hall (1326-1338) Clare Hall (1338-1856) |
| Sister colleges |
Oriel College, Oxford St Hugh's College, Oxford |
| Master | Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner |
| Undergraduates | 440 |
| Postgraduates | 210 |
| Website | www |
| Union of Clare Students | ucs |
| MCR | mcr |
| Boat club | www |
Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded in 1338 as Clare Hall by an endowment from Elizabeth de Clare. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs" (the back of the colleges that overlook the River Cam).
The current Master is Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, a British barrister.
Clare is consistently one of the most popular Cambridge colleges amongst prospective applicants. As of 2016, it had an endowment of over £106m.
The college was founded in 1326 by the university's Chancellor, Richard Badew, and was originally named University Hall. Providing maintenance for only two fellows, it soon hit financial hardship. In 1338, the college was refounded as Clare Hall by an endowment from Elizabeth de Clare, a granddaughter of Edward I, which provided for twenty fellows and ten students.
The college was known as Clare Hall until 1856, when it changed its name to "Clare College". (A new "Clare Hall" was founded by Clare College as an exclusively postgraduate institution in 1966.)
Clare's Old Court, a Grade I listed building, frames King's College Chapel as the left border of one of the most celebrated architectural vistas in England. It was built between 1638 and 1715, with a long interruption for the English Civil War. The period spans the arrival of true classicism into the mainstream of British architecture, such that its progress can be traced in the marked differences between the oldest wing to the north, which still has vaulting and other features in the unbroken tradition of English Gothic, and the final southern block, which shows a fully articulated classic style.
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