Cambridge
England
Cambridge, the English university city, is connected to the Islamic stream through the poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938), who studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1905 and took a degree there before continuing his studies in Germany.
2 teachers · 2 works
Teachers who lived here
Duns Scotus
Duns Scotus (1266–1308)
lecturer 1297–1302
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556)
scholar and fellow 1503–1529
Martin Bucer
Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
exile and professorship 1549–1551
William Tyndale
William Tyndale (1494–1536)
further study 1516–1521
Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter (Cairo Genizah; JTS) (1847–1915)
led 1890–1902
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
professor, death 1954–1963
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
university study 1933–1934
Lord Jonathan Sacks
Jonathan Henry Sacks (UK Chief Rabbi) (1948–2020)
study 1966–1972
Works composed here
- 1882
Saadyah Gaon: The Book of Doctrines and Beliefs
- 1898
Documents of Geonic Period (Geonica)