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==Cambridge University==
 
==Cambridge University==
'''Magdalene College''' ([[IPA chart for English|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈmɔːdlɪn]}}) was founded in 1428 as a [[Benedictine]] hostel, in time coming to be known as [[Buckingham College, Cambridge|Buckingham College]], before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St [[Mary Magdalene]], a constituent college of the [[University of Cambridge]]. The refoundation was largely the work of Sir [[Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden|Thomas Audley]], [[Lord Chancellor]] under [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. Audley also gave the College its motto: 'garde ta foy' - keep your faith. Audley's successors in the Mastership and as benefactors of the College were however prone to dire ends; several benefactors were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed.
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'''Magdalene College''' was founded in 1428 as a [[Benedictine]] hostel, in time coming to be known as [[Buckingham College, Cambridge|Buckingham College]], before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St [[Mary Magdalene]], a constituent college of the [[University of Cambridge]]. The refoundation was largely the work of Sir [[Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden|Thomas Audley]], [[Lord Chancellor]] under [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. Audley also gave the College its motto: 'garde ta foy' - keep your faith. Audley's successors in the Mastership and as benefactors of the College were however prone to dire ends; several benefactors were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed.
    
The College's most famous son is [[Samuel Pepys]], whose papers and books were donated to the College upon his death, and are now housed in the [[Pepys Library]], the most beautiful building within the College. Magdalene is both famous and notorious for its 'traditional' style, boasting both a well-regarded candlelit [[formal hall]] (held every evening) and the distinction of having been the last previously all-male College in Oxford or Cambridge to admit women in 1988 ([[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]] was the last in [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], admitting women in 1985).
 
The College's most famous son is [[Samuel Pepys]], whose papers and books were donated to the College upon his death, and are now housed in the [[Pepys Library]], the most beautiful building within the College. Magdalene is both famous and notorious for its 'traditional' style, boasting both a well-regarded candlelit [[formal hall]] (held every evening) and the distinction of having been the last previously all-male College in Oxford or Cambridge to admit women in 1988 ([[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]] was the last in [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], admitting women in 1985).

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