Universities everywhere strive to enhance resources to improve
facilities, increase staffing, provide bursaries for students and
expand research capacity. As one of the world's oldest and greatest
universities, the University of Cambridge has throughout its 800
years cultivated and received philanthropic support from many
sources. This volume, originally published in 1904, details
university endowments from the thirteenth century onward. The first
major donation, from Nigel de Thornton, was land for part of the
site of the University Library. This was soon followed by a fund
bequeathed by Eleanor of Castile for the support of poor students -
confirming how key priorities have not changed over so many years.
This ambitious volume catalogues benefactions, grants, foundations,
memorial funds and much more. Explanations are given for how these
endowments have helped establish and maintain many of the
University's fine libraries, museums and historic buildings as well
as supporting its students and staff.
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