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University
  
University of Kent

Named for
  
Charles Darwin

President
  
Grace Mercer

Established
  
1970

Master
  
Dermot O'Brien

Website
  
www.kent.ac.uk

Darwin College, Kent

Darwin College is the fourth-oldest college of the University of Kent, an English institution in the United Kingdom. It was opened in 1970.

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Namesake

After heavy debate, it was named after Charles Darwin, the biologist. Unusually for a namesake of a Kent college, Darwin had strong connections to the historic county of Kent, having lived in Down House at Downe (now in the London Borough of Bromley) for the last forty years of his life.

Other names considered in the lengthy process included:

  • Anselm, after Anselm a former Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Attlee, after Clement Attlee, the post war Prime Minister
  • Becket, after Thomas Becket, another former Archbishop (this was the recommendation of the college's provisional committee but rejected by the University Senate)
  • Conrad
  • Elgar, after Edward Elgar
  • Maitland
  • Marlowe, after Christopher Marlowe
  • Russell, after Bertrand Russell (this was the recommendation of the Senate but rejected by the Council; Russell's political activism was the cause of much opposition)
  • Tyler, after both Wat Tyler and the nearby Tyler Hill

    • The name was eventually decided by a postal ballot of members of the Senate, choosing from: Attlee, Conrad, Darwin, Elgar,Maitland, Marlowe and Tyler.

    Darwin Student Committee (DSC)

    Darwin Student Committee or the DSC are a group of students who volunteer their time to make the life of Darwin College students more enjoyable. They are made up of a committee of students who meet and discuss the issues that concern the students, deal with problems, organise events during Welcome Week, listen to concerns and improve the experience of students within Darwin College.

    It is in weekly DSC meetings that events in Darwin College are planned, such as their popular Masquerade Ball, as well as discussing issues affecting students, which campaigns to run, and passing on important messages from Kent Union and their sabbatical officers.

    References

    Darwin College, Kent Wikipedia
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