What is Clare College, Cambridge?
[[File:Welcome to Clare.jpg|thumb|right|The front of Clare College]] '''Clare College''' is one of the colleges of the [[University of Cambridge]], [[England]]. It opened in 1326, so it is the second oldest. Its first name was '''University Hall''' but it was changed to '''Clare Hall''' in 1338. This was because [[Elizabeth de Clare]], granddaughter of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], gave money to the college. In 1856 it changed name again to its current one. The college building is next to [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]]. It goes across the river Cam with a famous bridge which has fourteen spherical stones on it. One of the stones is missing a bit: there are many legends used to explain this fact. The bridge is the oldest on the river. Across the bridge there is a big and beautiful garden, which is usually only open to the [[Fellow]]s (university teachers). Very important people have studied here, like [[David Attenborough]], [[Andrew Wiles]], [[Charles Cornwallis]] and [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Thomas Pelham-Holles]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Home/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508184544/http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Home/ |date=2015-05-08 }} {{University of Cambridge}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Colleges of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:1320s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:14th-century establishments in England]]