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'''Queens' College''' is a [[Colleges of the University of Cambridge|constituent college]] of the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Timea |date=2022-01-20 |title=Queens' College |url=https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/colleges/queens-college |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, founded in 1448 by [[Margaret of Anjou]]. Its buildings span the [[River Cam]] with the [[Mathematical Bridge]] and Silver Street connecting the two sides.

College alumni include [[Desiderius Erasmus]], who studied at the college during his trips to England between 1506 and 1515. Other notable alumni include author [[T. H. White]], Israeli politician [[Abba Eban]], founding father of [[Ghana]] [[William Ofori Atta]], newsreader and journalist [[Emily Maitlis]], actor and writer [[Stephen Fry]], the [[Governor of the Bank of England]] [[Andrew Bailey (banker)|Andrew Bailey]], the British [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|members of Parliament]] [[Stephen Kinnock]] and, [[Liz Kendall]] and [[Suella Braverman]], and number[[fields theoristmedal|Fields Medallist]] [[James Maynard (mathematician)|James Maynard]] (recipient of the [[Fields Medal]] in 2022).

{{As of|2023|June}}, the college held non-current assets valued at £179 million.<ref name="2022-23 accounts">{{cite web |title=Annual report and accounts for 2022-2023 |url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.queens.cam.ac.uk/files/downloads/accounts_annual_report_22-23.pdf |website=Queens' College, Cambridge |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref>