The prizes commemorate Charles Burkill, the famous mathematician, who was Master of Peterhouse. Further details on these prizes and mathematics at Peterhouse are now available. . The College is seeking applicants for Secretary for the Master, Deputy Head Butler, Section Chef and Servery Supervisor.
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Dr Stephanie Cook, who read medicine at Peterhouse from 1991 to 1994, won a gold medal for Britain in the Modern Pentathlon at the Sydney Olympics. For more information about this year's gathering and Annual General Meeting see the Petrean section. In 1934 Flight Lieutenant Frank Whittle is sent to Cambridge as a mature student by the RAF and enters Peterhouse. He is encouraged to pursue his innovative idea of jet propulsion, patented three years earlier but ignored by the Air Ministry. Web A new virtual tour of Peterhouse, written by students and aimed primarily at prospective applicants, is now available .