The monumental Athenae Cantabrigienses is a collection of biographies of distinguished historical figures with connections to Cambridge University. It was compiled by a noted local historian, and financed by private subscriptions. Volume 1 covers the period 1500-1585, and first appeared in 1858. This reissue also contains the original prospectus.

The biographies of notable Cambridge figures from the period 1500-1585 appear in this volume, first published in 1858.