Somerville College, Oxford University

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death Mary Somerville
After her death, much of MS 's library was presented to the Ladies' College at Hitchin (now Girton College , Cambridge), and in 1879 Somerville College at Oxford University was named after her.
Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. “Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)”. Women of Mathematics: A Biobiliographic Sourcebook, edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Greenwood Press, pp. 208-16.
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Oxford
death Amelia B. Edwards
She was buried in Ellen Braysher 's family plot at Henbury, just north of Westbury-on-Trym, her grave appropriately marked with an Egyptian obelisk. She bequeathed her egyptological library and collection of artefacts to...
Dedications Margaret Kennedy
MK dedicated her final novel, Not in the Calendar, 1964, to a Somerville friend, and gave it the subtitle The Story of a Friendship.
Dedications Marghanita Laski
ML dedicated to Mary Lascelles (who had taught her at Somerville College ) her bio- critical work on three Victorian writers for children: Mrs. Ewing , Mrs. Molesworth , and Mrs. Hodgson Burnett.
Laski, Marghanita. Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Molesworth, and Mrs. Hodgson Burnett. A. Barker.
prelims
Maxwell, Mrs. “Ladies of Quality”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 2528, p. 438.
438
Education Eleanor Rathbone
ER went up to Somerville College, Oxford , as an undergraduate. She graduated in 1896, having earned a second-class BA degree in Philosophy (though women did not receive Oxford degrees until 1920).
Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press.
Education A. S. Byatt
Antonia Drabble (later ASB ) began research on Renaissance allegory at Somerville College , Oxford.
Kelly, Kathleen Coyne. A.S. Byatt. Twayne.
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Education Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden went up to a wartime Oxford, in which No bells rang . . . there was almost no traffic, and there were far fewer undergraduates than in normal times. She was a member...
Education Catherine Byron
Having attended Somerville College, Oxford University , Catherine Greenfield (later CB ) received her BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature.
“English Research Team: Catherine Byron”. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Institute for English Research.
Byron, Catherine. Emails about Catherine Byron to Jane Haslett.
Education Helen Waddell
HW enrolled as a postgraduate student at Somerville College, Oxford , in November 1920, but never finished either the thesis or the residence requirements for her D.Phil. She developed at this stage an over-riding interest...
Education Winifred Holtby
WH went up to Somerville College , Oxford, as an undergraduate.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
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Education Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda
Margaret Haig Thomas (later MHVR ) attended Somerville College at Oxford for a single year.
Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda,. This Was My World. Macmillan.
93
Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press.
16-18
Education Catherine Byron
Catherine Greenfield (later CB ) received her MPhil in Medieval Literature from Oxford University, where she had pursued her graduate studies at Somerville College .
“English Research Team: Catherine Byron”. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Institute for English Research.
Byron, Catherine. Emails about Catherine Byron to Jane Haslett.
Education Winifred Holtby
WH returned to Somerville College , Oxford, after a year out for war service, to finish her degree course in History.
Shaw, Marion. The Clear Stream: A Life of Winifred Holtby. Virago.
98, 100
Education Marghanita Laski
ML was awarded BA honours, third class, at the end of her course at Somerville College, Oxford , where she studied English Language and Literature with particular focus on Old and Middle English.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Education Michèle Roberts
Eighteen-year-old MR left home for Somerville , one of the Oxford women's colleges, where three years later she took her BA, Second Class, in English Language and Literature.
Roberts, Michèle. Paper Houses. Virago.
3,11-12
Michèle Roberts. http://www.micheleroberts.co.uk/index.htm.

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4 June 1878: Lady Margaret Hall, a women's college at...

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4 June 1878

Lady Margaret Hall , a women's college at Oxford University named after Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby , was founded.

October 1879: Somerville College, one of the two first...

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October 1879

Somerville College , one of the two first residential women's colleges at Oxford University, opened its doors to students.

1889: Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman law student...

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1889

Cornelia Sorabji , the first woman law student at a British university, enrolled at Somerville College , Oxford .

About September 1936: British haemotologist Janet Vaughan realised...

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About September 1936

British haemotologist Janet Vaughan realised from work during the Spanish Civil War with the Committee for Spanish Medical Aid that blood transfusions could be successfully made with stored blood.

21 April 1958: Margery Fry died as almost a national celebrity:...

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21 April 1958

Margery Fry died as almost a national celebrity: criminal justice reformer, prison reformer, campaigner for victims' compensation, educationalist (briefly Principal of Somerville College ), writer on children's care and development, and latterly broadcaster (a regular...

31 October 1984: Indira Gandhi, who had been Prime Minister...

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31 October 1984

Indira Gandhi , who had been Prime Minister of India with only one short break since 1967, was assassinated, shot down in her garden by two of her body-guards who were Sikhs, in retaliation for...

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