What is Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge?
[[File:Cambridge Gonville and Caius College.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Gonville and Cauis College from King's Parade]] '''Gonville and Caius College''' is one of the colleges of the [[University of Cambridge]], [[England]]. It is often called '''Caius''' (said ''keys'') by the students. It was created in 1348 by Edmund Gonville who gave money to build it. In 1557 John Caius, a [[Medical doctor|doctor]], left some more money after studying at the college. The modern name comes from these two people. It now has about 700 students. Being old, the college has kept many traditions. For example, there is a formal dinner every night. Also, when students go home for holiday they need to get an official permission from a [[Fellow]] (teacher) to leave. == Famous members == Some very famous people have studied at this College. Twelve of them have won a [[Nobel Prize]]: * 1932 Sir [[Charles Sherrington]] – neurophysiologist (student and fellow) * 1935 Sir [[James Chadwick]] – [[physicist]], discovery of the [[neutron]] (student, fellow, and master) * 1945 Sir [[Howard Florey]] – co-discovery of [[penicillin]] (fellow) * 1954 [[Max Born]] – physicist * 1962 [[Francis Crick]] – discovery of the structure of [[DNA]] (PhD student and honorary fellow) * 1972 Sir [[John Hicks]] – economist (fellow) * 1974 [[Antony Hewish]] – astronomer (student and fellow) * 1976 [[Milton Friedman]] – economist (visiting fellow) * 1977 Sir [[Nevill Mott]] – theoretical physicist (fellow and Master) * 1984 Sir [[Richard Stone]] – economist * 2001 [[Joseph Stiglitz]] – economist (fellow) * 2008 [[Roger Tsien]] – [[chemist]] (fellow) [[Stephen Hawking]] is also a Fellow at Gonville and Caius. == Other websites == *[http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/ Official website] {{University of Cambridge}} [[Category:Colleges of the University of Cambridge]]