Description
Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. 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.
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 and writer Stephen Fry, the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, the British members of Parliament Stephen Kinnock, Liz Kendall and Suella Braverman, and Fields Medallist James Maynard. The college's first Nobel prize winner is Sir Demis Hassabis who received this award in 2024 for developing artificial intelligence models.
It is a registered charity and as of June 2023, the college held non-current assets valued at £179 million. The current president of the college is the economist Mohamed A. El-Erian. Past presidents include a number of notable figures, including the Catholic martyr John Fisher.
