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The Admissions books of Christ's College, Cambridge

There are three admissions books at Christ's College which record the matriculation and residence of Charles Darwin. The specific purpose of each book has not been recorded. One might have been kept by the bursar, for example, and another by the tutor. Links to the images and transcriptions of the brief entries are below.

Reproduced by kind permission of the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Christ's College, Cambridge. Permission to further reproduce these images must be sought from the College which owns the copyright thereto. Thanks to the College Honorary Keeper of the Archives Geoffrey Thorndike Martin for making the books available.

John van Wyhe

August 2006

'Admissions to Christ College' Christ's College, Cambridge. Text Image Text & image CC-T.1.2

'Admissions 1818-1828' Christ's College, Cambridge. Text Image Text & image CC-T.1.4

'Admissions 1815-1852' Christ's College, Cambridge. Text Image Text & image CC-T.3.1

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