University of Cambridge of Girton College, the first residential higher education institution for women, and John Haden Badley, founder of the first mixed-sex school in England; and Anil Kumar Gain, prominent 20th century mathematician and founder of the Vidyasagar University in Bengal. Cambridge also has a strong reputation in the fields of politics and governance, having educated: Throughout its history, the university has featured heavily in literature and artistic works by various authors. University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge (formally The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge) is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209
St Edmund's College, Cambridge named after St Edmund of Abingdon (1175–1240) who was the first known Oxford Master of Arts and the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1234 to 1240. The college is located on Mount Pleasant, about 10 minutes' walk northwest of the centre of Cambridge, quite near to Lucy Cavendish College, Murray Edwards College and the Fitzwilliam College. Its campus consists of a garden setting on the edge of what was Roman Cambridge, with housing for over 350 students. St Edmunds sister college at Oxford University is Green Templeton College, Oxford. St Edmund's House was founded in 1896 by Henry Fitzalan Howard, the