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Research Codice — The Makers

Cambridge University Press

Founded
1534
Seat
Cambridge · United Kingdom
Status
extant
Sub-discipline
printers_publishers

The MakersThe Endurers

The Pitt Building on Trumpington Street, Cambridge, built 1831 to 1833 as the printing house of the University Press
Photograph by Andreas Praefcke. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Letters patent from Henry VIII in 1534 gave the University of Cambridge the right to print, and it has published without interruption since 1584 — the oldest university press in the world. Its endurance mechanism is the charter: a right granted once, exercised continuously, and never allowed to lapse.

Title page of A History of the Cambridge University Press 1521-1921, with the Press's device, printed at the Press in 1921
S. C. Roberts, A History of the Cambridge University Press, 1921. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources

  1. publicationBlack, M. H., Cambridge University Press 1584–1984Primary source
  2. webCambridge University Press & Assessment, our historycambridge.org

Researched by LIBRO. Research Desk · First published 26 July 2026 · Last revised 26 July 2026

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