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Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford [3] in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges.Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Vera Brittain and Dorothy L. Sayers.
The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th–15th centuries, none survived the Reformation.The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.
Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities. [1] The extent of the arrangement differs from case to case, but commonly includes the right to dine at one's sister college, the right to book accommodation there, the holding of joint events between JCRs and invitations to May balls.
College code College/Hall aso All Souls: bal Balliol: bla Blackfriars: bra Brasenose: chr Christ Church: cor Corpus Christi: cph Campion Hall: ext Exeter: grt Green Templeton: hrm Harris Manchester: her Hertford: jes Jesus: keb Keble: kel Kellogg: lmh Lady Margaret Hall: lna Linacre: lin Lincoln: mag Magdalen: man Mansfield: mer Merton: new New ...
The library is one of the largest college libraries at the University of Oxford and has achieved 100% student satisfaction in several annual surveys. [1] Somerville College Library is situated north of the main quadrangle, facing the Chapel. It is open 24 hours a day, has Wi-Fi, several study rooms and computers, and the main student colour ...
The following is a list of notable people associated with Somerville College, Oxford, including alumni and fellows of the college.This list consists almost entirely of women, due to the fact that Somerville College was one of the first two women's colleges of the University of Oxford, admitting men for the first time in 1994. [1]
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