| LC control no. | n 82025288 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Queens' College (University of Cambridge) |
| Variant(s) | Cambridge. University. Queen's College University of Cambridge. Queens' College University of Cambridge. Queen's College of St. Margaret and St. Bernard |
| See also | Hierarchical superior: University of Cambridge |
| Beginning date | 1448 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | Cambridge (England) |
| Field of activity | Education, Higher |
| Found in | Proceedings of an international conference held at Oxford University, September 1981, 1982: CIP intro. (Queen's College, Cambridge) Annual reg. of the Univ. of Cambridge for the year 1972-73: p. 338 (Queens' College) Its website, viewed 31 May 2022, (Queens' College, Cambridge; Queens' College, Cambridge CB3 9ET, United Kingdom; for the first two centuries of its existence, the name of the college was spelled in English without any apostrophe, for example, Quenes college; the earliest example so far found in print of an apostrophe in the name of the college dates from 1660, where the name of the college appeared as Queen's, and remained spelled in the singular form for the next 160 years, at least; the earliest example so far found of the name of the College spelled in the plural form as Queens' was in 1823; outside the college, the singular spelling continued to be used for some years more before the change of spelling from Queen's to Queens' became well established in the 19th century) Wikipedia, viewed 31 May 2022 (Queens' College, Cambridge; a constituent college of the University of Cambridge; founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, the wife of King Henry VI; refounded in 1465 by the rival queen Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of King Edward IV; this dual foundation is reflected in its orthography: Queens', not Queen's, although the full name is "The Queen's College of St Margaret and St Bernard, commonly called Queens' College, in the University of Cambridge") |
| Associated language | eng |
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