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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.

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

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



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