Lucy Banda Sichone
(1954-1998) – Human rights activist and educator 1 Lucy Banda Sichone grew up in Zambia (then known as Northern Rhodesia) and came to Somerville in 1978 as Zambia’s first female......
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Dorothy L. Sayers
(1893-1957) – Writer and Dante scholar 1 Born in Oxford, Sayers grew up in Huntingdonshire, in a village where her father was the rector (she later took several of her......
Joyce Reynolds
Classicist 1 Born in London, Joyce Reynolds came to Somerville in 1937 to study Literae Humaniores (Classics). She took her Finals in 1941 and went on to work for the......
Eleanor Rathbone
(1872-1946) – Politician and social reformer 1 Eleanor Rathbone was born into a noted Liverpool family of social activists. She only received formal schooling for a year before coming to......
Sam Gyimah tells Independent how Somerville supported him as an undergrad
In an interview published on 9 September, Sam Gyimah MP (1995, PPE) has told the Independent that Somerville College offered him vital support during his undergraduate years, enabling him to......