RECORD: 'Admissions 1815-1852' CC-T.3.1 Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Scanned (with Geoffrey Thorndike Martin) and transcribed by John van Wyhe 8.2006. RN3
NOTE: This admissions book records Darwin's residence in Christ's College which began in Lent Term (January) 1828, and the date of his B.A. degree in 1831. Later, in a different hand, his death was recorded, thus signing him finally off the books as a member of Christ's College. The College catalogue of manuscripts describes this book as 'Admissions/Terms Books'.
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Reproduced with permission of the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge.
See an introduction to the admissions books by John van Wyhe.
| L C M | L C M | L C M | L C M | |||
| Charles Darwin admitted 15 Oct 1827 pen |
KKK1 | KKK | KKK | K | B.A april 26 |
Name off April 1882 Dead
Name...Dead] written in ink in a different handwriting above the row of k's.
1 K= terms 'kept' or spent in residence, a requirement for the B.A. degree.
The dates for the Cambridge terms during Darwin's student years were as follows:
1827
Michaelmas Term: 10 October - 16 December (not in residence)
1828
Lent Term: 13 January - 29 March
Easter Term: 16 April - 4 July
Michaelmas Term: 10 October -16 December
1829
Lent Term: 13 January - 10 April
Easter Term: 29 April - 10 July
Michaelmas Term: 10 October - 16 December
1830
Lent Term: 13 January - 2 April
Easter Term: 21 April - 9 July
Michaelmas Term: 10 October - 16 December
1831
Lent Term: 13 January - 25 March
Citation: John van Wyhe, editor. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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