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: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
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'.
Reproduced with permission of the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge.
See an introduction to the admissions books by John van Wyhe.
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| 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 hand 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, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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