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Emily Penrose

British academic & college principal · Lived 1858 to 1942 · aged 83

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Dame Emily Penrose, was an ancient historian and principal of three early women's university colleges in the United Kingdom: Bedford College from 1893 until 1898, Royal Holloway College from 1898 until 1907, and Somerville College, Oxford University from 1907 until 1926.

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Awards

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire1927
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Honorary Doctor of the University of Sheffield

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Father: Francis Penrose

About this person

Dame Emily Penrose, was an ancient historian and principal of three early women's university colleges in the United Kingdom: Bedford College from 1893 until 1898, Royal Holloway College from 1898 until 1907, and Somerville College, Oxford University from 1907 until 1926. She was the first woman to achieve First Class honours in Classics at Oxford University, and was instrumental in securing the admission of women as full members of the university in 1920. She became Oxford's first Dame in 1927.

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Lived 1858 to 1942 · aged 83

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