Trinity Hall, Cambridge: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Trinity Hall
Established	1350
Sister Colleges	University College All Souls College
Master	Prof. Peter Clarke
Graduates	222
Undergraduates	364

Trinity Hall, or Tit Hall as it is known by the students, is the fifth oldest college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1350 by Bishop Bateman of Norwich; the college was intended to teach canon law to students to replace priests lost to the Black Death plague of the 1340s.

It is a relatively small institution when compared to its larger but younger neighbour, Trinity College, founded in 1547, with whom it has a certain rivalry. Allegedly, there was once a rather noisy event held in Trinity Hall, and members of Trinity College asked them to reduce the noise level, to which Trinity Hall responded along the lines of "We were here first". This rivalry has supposedly continued from Trinity College's foundation, when the then 'Halls' were starting to call themselves 'Colleges', when the foundation of Trinity College prevented Trinity Hall from doing the same. Notable college alumni include:

• poet Robert Herrick
• writer J. B. Priestley
• comedian Tony Slattery
• ex-British MP Geoffrey Howe.

Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Christ's | Churchill | Clare | Clare Hall | Corpus Christi | Darwin | Downing | Emmanuel | Fitzwilliam | Girton | Gonville and Caius | Homerton | Hughes Hall | Jesus | King's | Lucy Cavendish | Magdalene | New Hall | Newnham | Pembroke | Peterhouse | Queens' | Robinson | St Catharine's | St Edmund's | St John's | Selwyn | Sidney Sussex | Trinity | Trinity Hall | Wolfson