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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. It began admitting men in 1994. [4]
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]
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.
Honorary fellows of Somerville College, Oxford. [1] Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater Nancy Rothwell Wafic Saïd Kiri Te Kanawa.
A career in archaeology was first suggested to Kathleen by Margery Fry, librarian at Somerville College. [6] After graduation Kenyon's first field experience was as a photographer for the pioneering excavations at Great Zimbabwe in 1929, led by Gertrude Caton Thompson.
Margaret Seward MBE (22 January 1864 – 29 May 1929) became the earliest Chemist on staff at the Women's College (of which she was a founding Lecturer), from 1896 to 1915. She became the pioneer woman to obtain a first class in the honour school of Natural Science and later received an MBE for her work on nutrition during World War I .
Pages in category "Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 507 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dame Emily Penrose, DBE (18 September 1858 – 26 January 1942) was an ancient historian and principal of three early women's university colleges in the United Kingdom: Bedford College from 1893 until 1898, Royal Holloway College from 1898 until 1907, and Somerville College, Oxford University from 1907 until 1926.