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Informationen zum Autor Born in Bagdad, Florida, in 1927, Robert Willis served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. The conflict fired his desire for learning, and after the war ended, he attended Florida Southern College, the University of Texas, and capping it off with a PhD from Florida State University. Careers in higher education and, later, real estate followed. Willis has pursued writing with earnest passion since the 1960s. A fan of serious fiction, sometimes with comic overtones, he admires writers like Twain, Hemingway, even the classical bards like Shakespeare and Homer. The list goes on.... Klappentext A reprinted collection of Robert Willis' monumental architectural history of the University of Cambridge. Zusammenfassung Robert Willis' monumental architectural history of the University of Cambridge was hailed as 'one of the most important contributions to the social and intellectual history of England which has ever been made by a Cambridge man.' These fully illustrated volumes are here reprinted in their entirety! with a modern introduction by Professor David Watkin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Town of Cambridge; 2. Peterhouse: site and buildings; 3. Peterhouse: buildings; 4. Clare Hall: buildings; 5. Clare Hall: copy of ancient plan; 6. Pembroke College: site and buildings; 7. Pembroke College: buildings of the Principal Court previous to 1870; 8. Gonville and Caius College: site and buildings; 9. Trinity Hall: site and buildings; 10. Corpus Christi College: site and buildings; 11. Eton College: site and buildings; 12. Eton College: school-yard and cloister; 13. King's College: site and buildings; 14. King's College: chapel; 15. Queen's College: site and buildings; 16. St Catharine's Hall: site and buildings; 17. Jesus College: buildings; 18. Christ's College: site and buildings; 19. St John's College: site and buildings; 20. St John's College: site on the west side of the River Cam; 21. St John's College: old chapel; 22. Magdalene College: site and buildings; 23. Trinity College: site; 24. Trinity College: buildings; 25. Emmanuel College: site and buildings; 26. Sidney Sussex College: site and buildings; 27. Schools, Senate House, Library: buildings; 28. Schools and Library: first and ground floor; 29. New museums for Natural Science: buildings....
