Vera Brittain

Vera Brittain

female, deceased (1970)
Christian pacifism, English women writer, Voluntary Aid Detachment, macclesfield, buxton, Pacifist…Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford, SomervilleCollege, Oxford
Vera Mary Brittain was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir "Testament of...
Rose MacAulay

Rose MacAulay

female, deceased (1958)
British women writer, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Trebizond, World War I, British, DBE…Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford, SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Oxford High School
Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, DBE (1 August, 1881 - 30 October, 1958), affectionately known as Emilie (her actual first name), was an English...
Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden

female, 84 years old
Oxford University, Somerville College, South Wales, Carrie's War, Aberdare, Philosophy, Politics and Economics…SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford
Nina Bawden , whose birthday is January 19th , has written more than 19 novels for children and 23 novels for adults. Born in London and evacuated...
Christine Brooke-Rose

Christine Brooke-Rose

female, 86 years old
novelist, experimental novel, Jerzy Pietrkiewicz, Christine Frances Evelyn Brooke-Rose, University of Paris, Vincennes, James Tait Black Memorial Prize…SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford, University College, London
Christine Frances Evelyn Brooke-Rose (born January 16 1923) is a British writer and literary critic, known principally for her later, experimental...
Helen Goodman

Helen Goodman

female, 51 years old
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, County Durham, Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford, SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Lady Diana Manners, Public Accounts Committee
Helen Catherine Goodman (born January 2, 1958, Nottingham) British Labour Party politician. She is the MP for Bishop Auckland in County Durham and...
Kathleen Kenyon

Kathleen Kenyon

female, deceased (1978)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the British Empire, Archaeologist, British, Dame Commander of the British Empire, leicester…Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford, SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford, St Hugh’s College, Oxford
Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon, important English archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent and excavator of a small area of Jericho in...
Esther Rantzen

Esther Rantzen

female, 69 years old
journalist, That's Life!, Drives a Prius, From berkhamsted, anti-pedophile activism, anti-paedophile activism…Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford, SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Somerville College
Esther Louise Rantzen CBE (born on) is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for her long stint in "That's Life!" and...

Barbara Everett

female
British, SomervilleCollege, Oxford, St Hilda's College, Oxford, Somerville College, Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford, Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford
Barbara Everett is a British academic and literary critic. A graduate of St Hilda's College, Oxford, Professor Everett is a retired Fellow of...
Shirley Williams Baroness Williams of Crosby

Shirley Williams Baroness Williams of Crosby

female, 79 years old
Harvard University, Liberal Democrat politician, Social Democratic Party politician, Old Paulina, nuclear proliferation, member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom…SomervilleCollege, Oxford, Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford
Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, PC (born 27 July 1930), is a British politician. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament (MP), she...