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3 unusual facts about Sophie Bryant


Sophie Bryant

She was the first woman to receive a DSc in England; one of the first three women to be appointed to a Royal Commission, the Bryce commission on Secondary Education in 1894–1895; and one of the first three women to be appointed to the Senate of the University of London.

She was also instrumental in setting up the Cambridge Training College for Women, now Hughes Hall, Cambridge.

She was the daughter of Revd Dr William Willock DD, Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin



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