Oscar Browning
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Oscar Browning was a British educationalist, historian and bon vivant, a well-known Cambridge personality during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. An innovator in the early development of profess
Cumberland terrace as it appeared at the time of Browning's birth in 1837
Eton College
James John Hornby as depicted by Vanity Fair
George Curzon as a young man
Footlights
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The Cambridge Footlights, commonly referred to simply as Footlights, is a student sketch comedy troupe located in Cambridge, England. Footlights was founded in 1883, and is one of Britain's oldest stu
Oscar Browning
…the reply "No, you're not". In 1881 Browning became treasurer of the Cambridge Union, a post he held for 21 years. In 1887 he became president of Footlights, serving until 1895. He also founded the Cambridge University Liberal Club in 1886, becoming its first Treasurer, and staying in post for a decade…
The ADC Theatre is the home of the Footlights.