Person    | Female  Born 22/4/1830  Died 13/7/1921

Emily Davies

Categories: Education, Gender Issues

Suffragist and promoter of higher education for women. Born Sarah Emily Davies in Southampton. She edited a feminist publication and became active on the London School Board. She was instrumental in obtaining the admission of girls to secondary school examinations, and in 1869 co-founded Girton, the first women's college. Her involvement in the Suffrage movement led to her heading a delegation to parliament in 1906. Died at her home, 17 Glenmore Road, Belsize Park.

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Emily Davies

Emily Davies, 1830 - 1921, founder of Girton College Cambridge lived here. Gr...

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Holmwood

Holmwood

British History Online 1 gives "The mathematician Charles Babbage (1792-1871) and the novelist Captain Frederick Marryat (1792- 1848) attended a school run by the Revd. Stephen Freeman in a house i...

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Thomas Hoyland

Thomas Hoyland

In 1893 the Acting Superintendent of the old Snow Fields Ragged School.

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

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Harvard University

Harvard University

One of the most prestigious American universities, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Named after its first benefactor John Harvard.

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William Cawthorne Unwin

William Cawthorne Unwin

Civil and mechanical engineer.  Born Essex.  1900 he became the first London University professor of engineering. Died unmarried, at his home, 7 Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate.

Person, Education, Engineering

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The John Roan Foundation

The John Roan Foundation

Charity. John Roan who died in 1644, was Yeoman of Harriers to King Charles I. He bequeathed his estate to educate the town-born children of Greenwich. It owns several properties in Greenwich, the ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Education

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