Daphne Park
(1921-2010) – Clandestine senior controller in MI6, Principal of Somerville 1980-89 1 Daphne Park, the so-called "Queen of Spies" (1940, Modern Languages), appears never to have had a dull moment......
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Onora O’Neill
Philosopher, Honorary Fellow 1 Onora O’Neill was educated in Germany and London before coming to Somerville in 1959. She began by studying Modern History, but soon changed to PPP (Philosophy,......
Iris Murdoch
(1919-1999) – Philosopher and Booker Prize-winning writer 1 Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin and educated at progressive schools. She came up to Somerville in 1938 and began studying English,......
Agnes Maitland
(1849-1906) – Principal of Somerville 1889-1906 1 Agnes Maitland came to Somerville Hall as its second Principal in 1889. Her background was in domestic science: she had studied cookery at......
Madeleine Shaw Lefevre
(1835-89) – Principal of Somerville 1879-89 1 Madeleine Shaw Lefevre had strong connections to the Liberal political milieu that created Somerville (she was the niece of a former Speaker of......
Kathleen Kenyon
(1906-1978) – Archaeologist and Head of House 1 Kathleen Kenyon grew up in London and came to Somerville in 1926 to study Modern History. While she was a student she......
Winifred Holtby
(1898-1935) – Writer 1 Born in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Winifred Holtby was educated at home and then at school in Scarborough. She came to Somerville in 1917 to......
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
(1910-94) – Nobel Prize-winning scientist 1 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin grew up in Egypt and the Sudan and came to Somerville in 1928 to study Chemistry. In the fourth year of......
Julia Higgins
Scientist 1 Julia Higgins grew up in London and came to Somerville in 1961 to study Physics, staying on to complete her doctorate. From 1976 she has been based at......
Matthew Wood
Senior Research Fellow; Professor of Neuroscience Matthew Wood is Professor of Neuroscience and Associate Head of the Medical Sciences Division (http://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/support-services/matthew-wood) in the University of Oxford. His laboratory is based......