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Darwin is a college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1964, by the much older [[Trinity College|Trinity]], [[St John's College|St John's]] and [[Gonville and Caius College|Caius]] colleges, as a graduate foundation. The college currently comprises around 400 postgraduates and 65 fellows. Darwin sits on the banks of the river Cam, and includes modern, purpose-built buildings, which surround the much older Newnham Grange (built in 1793), and its adjoining granary. Darwin's grounds include an island in the river, reachable by a bridge. On a thin strip of land between [[Silver Street]] and the Cam, Darwin College library is built from unusual materials: oak with a lime mortar. At one end of the building, a wooden construction resembling a police box, or 'tardis', can be seen to sit on the library roof. This device, which is actually a chimney, once formed a part of an automatic natural ventilation system, before the system failed due to the warping of its wood. Early each year, Darwin arranges a series of well-attended public lectures by international experts on a certain theme, usually hosted in Lady Mitchell Hall, on the University's Sidgwick Site. <b>See also:</b> * [http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000027dad3 Freebase entry] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_College%2C_Cambridge Wikipedia entry]
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