Central Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Stephen Perse
Stephen Perse MD
1548 - 1615
Fellow of Gonville & Caius, physician, financier and philanthropist
Founded by his will upon this site the Free Grammar School that later became the Perse Schools
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1615.
Location. 52° 12.163′ N, 0° 7.154′ E. Marker is in Cambridge, England, in Cambridgeshire. It is in Central Cambridge. It is on Free School Lane, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 142 Free School Lane, Cambridge, England CB2 1RG, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in England’s East Anglia. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 26 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Great St. Marys Datum (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Mill Road Cemetery (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Cambridge Station Turntable Pivot Cone (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Rupert Brooke (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); Great Shelford (approx. 6.2 kilometers away); Little Shelford Village Design Key (approx. 6.5 kilometers away); Ely Cemetery (approx. 24.7 kilometers away); a different marker also named Ely Cemetery (approx. 24.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cambridge.
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