He is a graduate of Oxford University (Pembroke College, MA) and an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College.

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In addition, a collection of memorabilia associated with the record-breaking run, including the watch used by Olympic gold medallist Harold Abrahams to time it, is going on show at Pembroke College.

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A. Butler, a child of empire if ever there was one, describes his failing the Eton scholarship (the mere fact that his family wanted a scholarship would have told the discerning something about his origins) and being consigned to the outer darkness of Marlborough school and Pembroke College, Cambridge.

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Finally, take the scenic route along the back of Merton College, where Tolkien was a professor of English language and literature between 1945 and 1959 after leaving Pembroke.

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