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the English coin collector Roger Gale (d. 1744) not only donated his collection of coins to Cambridge University, but translated a book that helped new coin collectors avoid being cheated?
in 1982, Maurice Couve de Murville was plucked from obscurity as the Roman Catholic chaplain at Cambridge University to become the seventh Archbishop of Birmingham?
between studying maths at Cambridge University and becoming a highly cited neuroscientist, Stephen Dunnett was a social worker in the London Borough of Southwark in the mid-1970s?
although English author Mackenzie Bell was trained in law at Cambridge University, he chose to study abroad and lived in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and Madeira?
Thomas Rawson Birks, Cambridge Professor, used science and theology to reason that other stars did not have their own planets?

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Dr Who

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The University of Cambridge was located in the English city of the same name. Liz Shaw was a graduate. (DW: Spearhead from Space)

The Time Lord criminal Salyavin, one of the Doctor's boyhood heroes, taught at St. Cedd's College under the name Professor Chronotis. (WC: Shada)

During the late 2010s Adelaide Brooke went there she got her first honours in Physics and Mathematics. She would go on to be the first woman to land on Mars. (DW: The Waters of Mars)

Staff

Professor Meechley (DWA: The Dark Planet)
Professor Chronotis, Saint Cedd's College. (DW: Shada)
Professor Lennox (DW: The Ambassadors of Death)
Professor Gordon Jones, Churchill College (DW: The Invasion)

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For other uses, see Cambridge (disambiguation).

Cambridge University, or the University of Cambridge is a university located on Earth, in the city of Cambridge, England. Founded in approximately 1209, the school is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities on Earth.

The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, or Lucasian Chair, is a mathematical professorship at Cambridge. The post was held by a number of notable humans in the field of science and mathematics, including Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking.

When Gary Seven infiltrated the San Lobos Atomic Research Facility in 1968, his false credentials claimed he had studied (or taught) at Cambridge. (TOS - Star Trek: Assignment: Earth comic: "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns")

Dr. Carol Abramowitz earned her Master's degree from Cambridge in the mid 24th century. One of her classmates was Gabriel Collins. (CoE eBook: Remembrance of Things Past)

In Q's anti-time future, circa 2395, Data held the Lucasian chair after leaving Starfleet. (TNG episode: "All Good Things...")

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