The University of Cambridge in the Eighteenth Century [Paperback]

A fascinating history of mid-eighteenth-century Cambridge focusing on the Duke of Newcastle, politician and Chancellor of the University.This 1922 book explores the close ties between the academic and political worlds during the Duke of Newcastles chancellorship of the university in the mid-eighteenth century. Using sources including the Dukes own records, the author describes the workings of the university and assesses the Chancellors contribution to its development.This 1922 book explores the close ties between the academic and political worlds during the Duke of Newcastles chancellorship of the university in the mid-eighteenth century. Using sources including the Dukes own records, the author describes the workings of the university and assesses the Chancellors contribution to its development.In this 1922 book, the first of four on the history of Cambridge in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, D.A. Winstanley, a Fellow of Trinity College and leading historiographer, explored the close ties between the academic and political worlds in the mid-eighteenth century. The book focuses on the role and achievements of the Duke of Newcastle, a Whig politician, as Chancellor of the University during the period 1748 to 1768. It makes extensive use of primary sources including the Duke's own records, which provide valuable documentation not only about his own activities but also about wider issues. Winstanley gives a detailed account of the inner working structures of the university and the colleges, introduces some of the most significant Cambridge personalities, and assesses the Duke's contribution to the university's development. His book remains of lasting interest to historians of education and the university.1. Introduction; 2. The university and politicians; 3. The chancellor and the university; 4. The chancellor and the colleges; Index.