Portrait of a College
A History of the College of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge

A fine example of an institutional history written from within, which will interest historians of education as much as alumni.

Edward Miller (Author)

9781108003544, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

184 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 1 cm, 0.27 kg

This affectionate but far from sentimental history was published in 1961 to mark the 450th anniversary of the foundation of St John's College, Cambridge. Edward Miller (1915–2000) was a medieval historian who spent most of his career teaching in Cambridge. An undergraduate and research fellow at St John's, he later went on to become Master of Fitzwilliam. His Portrait blends the history of St John's with wider developments in education, as well as social, political and economic history. As such it is a fine example of an institutional history written from within, with an unbiased assessment of the many changes the College had seen. The chapter on the period from 1918 to the early sixties, based on Miller's own reminiscences and those of his colleagues, is an important record of life in the college in an age of modernisation and change.

Preface
1. Beginnings (1511–1537)
2. The age of controversy (1537–1661)
3. The unreformed college (1661–1765)
4. The age of reform (1765–1882)
5. The pre-war years and wartime (1882–1918)
6. Modern times
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC]