Fitzwilliam: The First 150 Years of a Cambridge College

Fitzwilliam has a history unlike the other colleges of Cambridge.

There was no royal or noble founder, no endowment of cash or land - indeed there was not even the intention that there should be an institution with the recognizable characteristics of a college.

The story is one of determined self-help, with officers, undergraduates and postgraduates seeking to build up a body worthy of its members.

It's story continues to this day - the College is amongst the least endowed of the Cambridge colleges, but it maintains high ambitions for its place in the University and the world.

In bringing together, and out of the archive and personal collections, anecdotes, photos, prints and other memorabilia, this volume provides a permanent record of 'The First 150 Years' of a Cambridge college.