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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 ]
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 .
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She went on to Somerville College, Oxford, to read for a BA in modern languages, then to Princeton University to read for a master's degree in German. [6] Upon graduation she spent a year in New York teaching German, until her visa expired and she returned to the UK.
Park is one of a number of buildings at the college named in honour of former principals. Somerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. [1] It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of the university's first two women's colleges. [2] Male students were admitted for the first time in 1994. [3]
The official history of Fry's career on the Somerville College website Archived 23 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Margery Fry, 1874–1958: a lecture given on Friday 5 July 1974 , at the University of Birmingham to celebratethe centenary of the birth of Margery Fry, by Janet Vaughan.
Rowan University: University commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m.; Individual college commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9 (times vary based on college)
Williams writes articles on history for British newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, [6] and reviews for BBC History, History Today [7] and the Financial Times. [8]In 2010, she was a judge for the Biographer's Club Tony Lothian First Biography Prize, [9] the Book Drum Tournament 2010, [10] and the Litro/IGGY International Young Person's Short Story Award.