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unusual facts about Royal Holloway College



Matilda Ellen Bishop

Matilda Ellen Bishop (12 April 1842, Tichborne, HampshireCamberwell, London, 1 July 1913) was the first Principal of Royal Holloway College, University of London.

Patricia Gaffney

She earned a bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, and also studied literature at the Royal Holloway College at the University of London, at George Washington University, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale

He lived for many years in Englefield Green, Surrey, was chairman of the council of Royal Holloway College during its merger with Bedford College in 1985.

The Babylonian Marriage Market

It is currently held in the Picture Gallery of Royal Holloway College, after being bought by Thomas Holloway in 1882, where it fetched a then-record price for a painting by a living artist at £6,615.

William Henry Crossland

Also commissioned by Thomas Holloway: Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, built in 1883-88 and a short distance away from the Sanatorium.


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Edith Clara Batho

The Royal Holloway College Act (1949) abolished the Board of Governors replacing it with a College Council chaired by Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

John B. Cosgrave

Educated at Royal Holloway College, London, he lectured in Carysfort College(Blackrock, Dublin) and St Patrick's College of Education(Drumcondra).

William Henry Crossland

The Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway College were inspired by the Cloth Hall of Ypres in Belgium and the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley, France, respectively and are considered by some to be among the most remarkable buildings in the south of England.