Kathleen Ollerenshaw

  • female, 97 years old
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Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw D.Phil., DBE (b. October 1 1912, Withington, Manchester) is a mathematician and a politician. Born Kathleen Timpson, as a child she loved doing arithmetic problems. Although deaf since age eight, she gained a place at Somerville College Oxford University to study mathematics, despite her teacher's discouragement. She bluffed her way through the interview by guessing the question 'What did you do in the summer holidays?'. Wikipedia
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October 1, 1912
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  • Manchester Politicians and...

    She was married to Colonel Robert Ollerenshaw, who was a distinguished military surgeon, a pioneer of medical illustration and had been High Sheriff of Greater Manchester from 1978 to 1979.
    www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/politicians6.html

  • The Manchester Astronomical...

    www.manastro.co.uk

  • Interview on BBC Radio 4

    In an inspirational lifeDame Kathleen, who's been deaf from the age of eight, overcame bigotry and ignorance to win a place at Oxford to study mathematics.
    www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_27_thu_01.shtml?wh_h...

  • DKOO - Lancaster Physics...

    Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Observatory Welcome to the homepage of the Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Observatory.
    www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/physics/resources/observatory/

  • Wikipedia

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  • Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw

    Dame Kathleen Timpson Ollerenshaw earned a DPhil in mathematics from Oxford University. Despite being almost completely deaf from the age of 8, much of her adult life was devoted to politics and voluntary public service to education. She also continued
    www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/ollerenshaw.htm

  • Ollerenshaw biography

    Kathleen Ollerenshaw 's name before marriage was Kathleen Timpson . Her father, Charles Timpson , was the son of William Timpson , founder of Timpson shoes, and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Stops , was the daughter of Thomas Spincks Stops, a farmer. Her p
    www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ollerenshaw....

  • Ollerenshaw (print-only)

    Kathleen Ollerenshaw 's name before marriage was Kathleen Timpson . Her father, Charles Timpson , was the son of William Timpson , founder of Timpson shoes, and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Stops , was the daughter of Thomas Spincks Stops, a farmer. Her p
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