Cambridge in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was a place of sharp contrasts. At one extreme a gifted minority studied mathematics intensively for the Tripos, the honours degree. At the other, most undergraduates faced meagre academic demands and might idle their time away. The dons, the fell...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Searby, Peter
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, ©1997.
Schlagworte:	University of Cambridge > History. University of Cambridge. University of Cambridge EDUCATION > Higher. Universidades y colegios superiores > Gran Bretaña. Electronic books. History
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Cambridge in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was a place of sharp contrasts. At one extreme a gifted minority studied mathematics intensively for the Tripos, the honours degree. At the other, most undergraduates faced meagre academic demands and might idle their time away. The dons, the fellows of the colleges that constituted the University, were chosen for their Tripos performance and included scholars of international reputation such as Whewell and Sidgwick, but also men who treated their fellowships as sinecures. A pillar of the Church of England that denied membership to non-Anglicans, the University functioned largely as a seminary, while teaching more mathematics than theology. This volume describes the complex institution of the University, and also the beginnings of its transformation after 1850 - under the pressure of public opinion and the State - into the University as it exists today: inclusive in its membership, diverse in its curricula, and staffed by committed scholars and teachers.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xviii, 797 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	0585090998 9780585090993 9780511582202 051158220X 0511000995 9780511000997