Queens' College, Cambridge
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Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.[4] Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the River Cam with the Mathematical Bridge and Silver Street connecting the two sides.
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| University of Cambridge | ||||||
 Queens' College Gatehouse | ||||||
_shield.svg) Arms of Queens' College, being the arms of Margaret of Anjou | ||||||
| Scarf colours: dark green, with two equally-spaced narrow white stripes
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| Location | Silver Street (map) | |||||
| Full name | The Queen's College of St Margaret and St Bernard[1] | |||||
| Abbreviation | Q[2] | |||||
| Motto | Floreat Domus (Latin) | |||||
| Motto in English | May this house flourish | |||||
| Founders |
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| Established | 1448; 576 years ago (1448) Refounded 1465 | |||||
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| President | Mohamed A. El-Erian | |||||
| Undergraduates | 546 (2022-23) | |||||
| Postgraduates | 544 (2022-23) | |||||
| Endowment | £119.67 million [3] | |||||
| Website | www | |||||
| JCR | qjcr | |||||
| MCR | qmcr | |||||
| Map | ||||||
  Location in Central Cambridge Show map of Central Cambridge Location in Cambridge Show map of Cambridge | ||||||
College alumni include Desiderius Erasmus, who studied at the college during his trips to England between 1506 and 1515. Other notable alumni include author T. H. White, Israeli politician Abba Eban, founding father of Ghana William Ofori Atta, newsreader and journalist Emily Maitlis, actor Stephen Fry, the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, the British members of Parliament Stephen Kinnock and Liz Kendall, and number theorist James Maynard (recipient of the Fields Medal in 2022).
As of June 2023[update], the college held non-current assets valued at £179 million.[3]
The president of the college is the economist Mohamed A. El-Erian. Past presidents include the Catholic martyr John Fisher.