Peterhouse is the oldest college in the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham[?], Bishop of Ely. Peterhouse has (2001) approximately 250 undergraduates, 90 graduate students, and 45 fellows, making it one of the smallest Colleges in the University of Cambridge.
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November 30 - Clyfford Still, painter
Deaths:
January 20 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor of the Periodic table
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