History
The site which is now the Cambridge Science Park was originally given to Trinity College when the latter was founded by Henry VIII in 1546. The land was used for farming until the Second World War, when it was requisitioned by the US Army and used to prepare vehicles and tanks for D-Day. After the war, the land was left derelict until 1970, when, at the suggestion of Tony Cornell, and under the supervision of John Bradfield, the college worked to develop it into a new centre for scientific enterprise and innovation.
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