Margaret Casely-Hayford
Lawyer, businesswoman and prominent diversity advocate 1 Margaret Casely-Hayford grew up in London and came to Somerville in 1980 to study Law. She was called to the Bar in 1983,......
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Helen Darbishire
(1881-1961) – Literary scholar, Principal of Somerville 1931-1945 1 Helen Darbishire was born in Oxford and came to Somerville in 1900 to study English. She became a visiting lecturer at......
Fiona Stafford FBA, FRSE
Fellow & Tutor in English Literature; Professor of English Language and Literature In Somerville, I teach and oversee students at all levels, from Freshers encountering Victorian Literature for the first......
Susie Dent
Lexicologist and etymologist 1 Susie Dent came to Somerville in 1983 to study Modern Languages. She went on to take a Master’s degree in German at Princeton. She began working......
Richard Stone
Emeritus Fellow; Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science Richard Stone (FREng, FSAE, FIMechE) is one of Somerville's Engineering Fellows, having been one of the first men to join the Governing Body......
Penelope Fitzgerald
(1916-2000) – Booker Prize-winning writer 1 Penelope Fitzgerald was born into a literary family where ‘everyone was publishing, or about to publish something’, and her mother was a Somervillian. In......
Margery Fry
(1874-1958) – Social reformer, Principal of Somerville 1926-1931 1 Born in London into a Quaker family, and home schooled until she was 17, Margery Fry came to Somerville in 1892......
Almut Suerbaum
Fellow & Tutor in German; Professor of German Since arriving at Somerville from Germany, I have come to appreciate what a unique form the tutorial is for tutors as well......
Indira Gandhi
(1917-1984) – Prime Minister of India 1966-1977 and 1980-1984 1 Educated in Indira Gandhi came to Somerville in 1937 to read Modern History. She was only able to stay for......
Sam Gyimah
Politician 1 Sam Gyimah was born in Beaconsfield in 1976. After his family returned to Ghana he was educated at Achimota Secondary School, before coming back to England for the......