Alma Mater 2 Volume Paperback Set
Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge

John Martin Frederick Wright offers a lively account of Cambridge University in Alma Mater; Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge.

John Martin Frederick Wright (Author)

9781108014373, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 10 June 2010

616 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.87 kg

John Martin Frederick Wright offers a lively account of Cambridge University in Alma Mater; Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge. Published anonymously in 1827, Wright's two-volume work captures the triumphs and tribulations of undergraduate life at Cambridge, based upon his own years as an aspiring mathematician at Trinity College. The two volumes cover Wright's undergraduate years and his later experiences as a private tutor, together with copies of examinations and lists of scholarships available at all the colleges. Wright dedicated his career as a writer and private tutor to helping students succeed at university, and Alma Mater is designed to offer parents and aspiring students insight into the preparations, intellectual as well as financial, necessary for achievement. A spirited defence of Cambridge traditions in the face of broader educational reforms, Alma Mater also brings to life a period of intense intellectual activity in British mathematics.

Volume I: Preface
Alma mater
Newton
Chapel
Trinity library
Lectures
Characters
Examinations. Volume II: Fellowship examination
Scholarship examination
Recreation
Senate-House examination
Advice to parents
The critics
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]