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Oct 1, 2024 · The following year it changed its style to Somerville College 'in the belief that it would not only improve the educational status of Somerville in the eyes of the public, but would be understood as implying the desire of the Governing Body to raise it above the level of a Hall of Residence'.
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.
May 5, 2015 · The First World War transformed women-only Somerville College. It became a hospital for convalescing soldiers, housed poets and writers and changed forever the fortunes of female students, writes Frank Prochaska.
Since our first students joined us over a century ago, Somerville’s history has been filled with bold and extraordinary individuals who learned to change the world. Click below to follow their journey from the beginning, or dive into whichever chapter most appeals to you.
Somerville is an Oxford College like no other. Founded in 1879 to provide an opportunity for women, Somerville remains liberal, progressive and inclusive. We pride ourselves on our diverse community of Fellows and students, who have included men since 1994, and we remain true to our founding principles: an ethos of excellence in the context of ...
Somerville College was founded in 1879 in the vanguard of women’s higher education at the University of Oxford. Established as a college with no religious affiliation, it gained (and maintains to this day) a reputation for encouraging independent thought, strength of character, questioning minds and tolerant attitudes.
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Elizabeth Millicent Chilver (1914–2014), Principal of Bedford College, London and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Barbara Craig [55] (1915–2005), archaeologist, classicist; Principal of Somerville College. Helen Darbishire [56] CBE FBA (1881–1961), literary scholar and Principal of Somerville College.
