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Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College redirects here, see also Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalene College () was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Magdalene College has some of the grandest benefactors including Britain's premier noble the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Chief Justice Sir Christopher Wray.[1] However the refoundation was largely the work of Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII. Audley also gave the College its motto — 'garde ta foy' — keep your faith. Audley's successors in the Mastership and as benefactors of the College were however prone to dire ends; several benefactors including were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed.[1] The College's most famous son is Samuel Pepys, whose papers and books - including love letters from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn - were donated to the College upon his death, and are now housed in the Pepys Library, the most beautiful building within the College. The College boasts a portrait of the famous diarist by Sir Peter Lely, which hangs in the Hall. Magdalene is both famous and notorious for its 'traditional' style, boasting both a well-regarded candlelit formal hall (held every evening) and the distinction of having been the last previously all-male College in Oxford or Cambridge to admit women in 1988 (Oriel College was the last in Oxford, admitting women in 1985). Aesthetically Magdalene's old College buildings are beautiful if representative of the College's ramshackle growth from a monks' foundation into a centre of education. It is also distinctive in that most of the old buildings are in brick rather than stone (save for the frontage of the Pepys Library). Magdalene Street divides the most ancient courts from more recent developments. One of the accommodation blocks in the newer part of the college was built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the early 1930s. Magdalene remains, despite this twentieth-century expansion, one of the smaller colleges within the University, at last count numbering over 300 undergraduates and an expanding postgraduate community. Opened in 2005 was Cripps Court, on Chesterton Road, featuring new undergraduate rooms and conference facilities. The current Master is Duncan Robinson. Magdalene's bar is one of the best Cambridge college bars. It is a real focal point for the students of the college, which has a high sense of cameraderie due to its small size.[2] In the summer, the College bar is usually packed, as Magdalene has more river frontage than any other college. Magdalene's biennial ball is one of the best at Cambridge. Strictly white tie, it is a fantastic occasion that cannot be missed. Many of the societies also hold formal events at the college.[2] 
Magdalene College backs on to the River Cam
Notable alumni
The first court of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Honorary Fellows have includedQuotes"Magdalene to go co-ed: State school pupils to be admitted" — headline in student newspaper Stop Press (now known as Varsity) in the mid-1980s at the time of dispute over admission of women. See alsoSourcesReferencesExternal links
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