Cambridge University

In 2009, Cambridge University will celebrate its 8th hundred anniversary. Its influence can be found throughout history, both in Britain and around the world. As of this year, more than 60 members of Cambridge University have won the Nobel Prize.Some people describe Cambridge University as the continuation of Oxford University and the origin of Harvard University in America. In 1209, some students from Oxford University had a conflict with the local people, then they moved to Cambridge. They and some students from Paris University followed the mode of Oxford University and Paris University founded Cambridge University.

        About 400 years later, a graduate of Cambridge University, John Harvard founded the first America University in the state of Massachusetts. In 17th century, the maths professor from Cambridge University, Newton, published the famous " Principal Mathematics" (known by its Latin title of "The Principia") to make it become one of the most famous universities in Europe at that time. After that, Charles Darwin and his "Theory of Evolution" made the university become the top university in the world.As for the arts, some famous poets, like Byron and Tennyson used to study there.