What is St Catharine's College, Cambridge?
[[File:St Catharine's College, Cambridge (night).jpg|thumb|right|300px|The main court of St Catharine's College by night]] '''St Catharine's College''' is one of the colleges of the [[University of Cambridge]], [[England]]. It is often called just '''Catz''' by the students. It was created in 1473 by Robert Wodelarke, who was the Provost (head) of [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]]. At the beginning, the rules were that people could only study [[theology]] or [[philosophy]] but this changed with time. It now has about 600 students. St Catharine's College takes its name from [[Catherine of Alexandria]]. She is the [[patron]] for learning in [[Christianity]]. The mother of [[Henry VI of England|King Henry VI]] was also called Catherine, so it is possible that the name comes from there. At the beginning, there was not much money for the college. There were also few students and [[Fellow]]s (teachers). Over time though numbers went up. They had to make new buildings to let more students join the college. The modern first court, which only has three sides, was built between 1675 and 1757. In 1880, people started to think about joining St Catherine's College back with King's College, since they are right next to each other. However, this did not happen because the Master did not agree in the end. Some important people have studied here, like [[Ian McKellen]], an actor. == Other websites == {{commons category}} *[http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/ Official website] {{University of Cambridge}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Colleges of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:1470s establishments]] [[Category:15th-century establishments in England]] [[Category:1470s establishments in Europe]]