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    Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's...
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    celebrated as a mathematician or a philosopher. Somerville College, a college of the University of Oxford, is named after her, reflecting the virtues of...
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    Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (category Principals of Somerville College, Oxford)
    Royall is the current Principal of Somerville College, Oxford and is a candidate in the 2024 University of Oxford Chancellor election. Royall grew up...
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    University of Oxford portal Honorary fellows of Somerville College, Oxford. Irangani Abeysekera Bolanle Awe Alyson Bailes Caroline Barron Janet Bately...
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    Somerville College, Oxford, including alumni and fellows of the college. This list consists almost entirely of women, due to the fact that Somerville...
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    The Choir of Somerville College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, is mixed voice and is led by a Director of Chapel Music...
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    Somerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of the university's...
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  • Afua Kyei (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    as Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. Kyei earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Somerville College, Oxford. She then became a junior...
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    Emma Rothschild (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    in 2002. She is a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. She is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. In 1991, Rothschild married the Indian...
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    Doreen Warriner (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    Economics, she went on to receive a doctorate from Somerville College, Oxford in 1931, as a Mary Somerville Research Fellow since 1928. Warriner was described...
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  • Merton College, one of Oxford's oldest colleges (founded 1264), Peterhouse (Cambridge, 1284) is Cambridge's first college. Similarly, Somerville College, Oxford...
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  • Testament of Youth (film) (category Films set in the University of Oxford)
    Brittain, an independent young woman who abandoned her studies at Somerville College, Oxford, to become a war nurse. The film was directed by James Kent and...
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    Margaret Thatcher (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    politics and leadership style. Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist before becoming a barrister...
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    Esther Rantzen (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    studied English at Somerville College, Oxford, where the Principal was Dame Janet Vaughan and one of her tutors was Mary Lascelles. At Oxford she performed...
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  • Audrey Withers (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    operating a steelworks on the Wirral, and was herself a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford. The family soon moved to the Lake District, where Withers grew...
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  • Jenifer Hart (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    later attended Downe House School, Newbury. In 1932, she entered Somerville College, Oxford, where she studied history, graduating with a first class degree...
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  • Somerville (video game), a 2022 game from Jumpship Somerville College, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford Somerville College Boat...
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  • Angela Vincent (category Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford)
    neuroscientist who is emeritus professor at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. Angela Vincent was born in 1942, the third child...
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    Emma Kirkby (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset, and Somerville College, Oxford University. Her father was Geoffrey John Kirkby, a Royal Navy...
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  • Rebecca Wilcox (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    younger brother, Josh. Wilcox was educated at Queen's College, London and Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a degree in English Language and Literature...
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    Jake Richards (politician) (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    school in North London, and then attended Woodhouse College. He read History at Somerville College, Oxford. Following his undergraduate studies, he completed...
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  • E. J. Scovell (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    children. She studied at Casterton School, Westmorland, and at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in English literature. Despite her background, Scovell...
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    Maria Czaplicka (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    London School of Economics under Charles G. Seligman, and at Somerville College, Oxford under R.R. Marett., graduating from the School of Anthropology...
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    Vera Brittain (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    College, Cambridge. After two years as a "provincial debutante", Brittain overcame her father's objections and went up to Somerville College, Oxford,...
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    Somerville College Library is the college library of Somerville College, one of the 38 colleges of the University of Oxford. The library is one of the...
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  • Suzanne Heywood (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    her family as a child for a decade, she studied at Somerville College, Oxford and King's College, Cambridge. Her early career was spent as a civil servant...
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    Moon Moon Sen (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    at Loreto House, Calcutta. She completed her graduation from Somerville College, Oxford and received her master's degree in Comparative Literature from...
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    Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    and she was educated at Blackheath High School, Blackheath and Somerville College, Oxford. Between 1965 and 1977 she held production posts within the BBC...
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    Kathleen Kenyon (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1962 to 1973, having undertaken her own studies at Somerville College, Oxford. Kathleen Kenyon was born...
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  • Calam Lynch (category Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford)
    Upper School in Hammersmith before going on to study classics at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 2017. Originally interested in football, he became...
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