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Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College at the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely.

Alumni include Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas Malthus.

Official website: http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/

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