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Rattee and Kett worked with architects Sir Herbert Baker and Scott on various parts of the college including the chapel which was completed using Ketton Stone.
Further information about the history of the buildings in the college can be found here:
http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/about/downing-college-history
A particular feature of the college is The Heong Gallery.
http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/cultural-life/heong-gallery
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1851: East Lodge
William Webster Fisher, 51, professor of medicine, b Westmoreland
John H Fisher, 56, visitor, vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale, b Westmoreland
Emma Howe, housekeeper, 38, b Norfolk
William Smith, 15, footboy, b Wisbech
William Webster Fisher
Fisher was a leading figure in the development of neuroscience at Cambridge University. (See M Weatherall, Gentlemen, Scientists and Doctors, pub 2000 p58.)
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1911:
Frederick Howard Marsh
Frederick Howard Marsh, 71, professor of surgery, b Suffolk
Violet Susan, b 43, b Scotland
Ellinor Dalrymple Hay, sister in law, 49, b London
Rosalind Mary Mitchell, 59, hospital nurse, b Wales
Nellie Stewart, 29, cook, b Wales
Sarah Brown, 33, parlourmaid, b Newton
Hilda Taylor, 20, housemaid, b Stretham
Lilian Watts, 17, housemaid, b Barrington
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