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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and also one of the most well renowned. It was founded in the 12th century and has been attended through the ages by many well known people. They include Charles Darwin, John Harvard, Lord Byron, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Mountbatten, Prince Edward, Lord Snowdon, William Pitt and William Wordsworth.


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