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Newnham College is an all womens college in the mixed university of Cambridge. Its worth a visit, if you are in Cambridge as a visitor, to see the lovely gardens and also the late 19th century Dutch style red brick architecture. Alumnae include Katharine Whitehorn, Rosalind Franklin, AS Byatt, Eleanor Bron, and many many more scientists ...
History of Newnham. Gill Sutherland’s history of the College, from its foundation in 1871 until the present day, also contains photos from our archives. Newnham began as a house for five students in Regent Street in Cambridge in 1871. Lectures for Ladies had been started in Cambridge in 1870. These built on the reputation of the University ...
4 de may. de 2024 · The book describes 'the idea of Newnham', which arose from supporters of female education in the mid-nineteenth century, the parallel trajectory of the founders of Girton College, and the small beginning of what became Newnham, with five students in a house overlooking Parker's Piece in 1871.
Newnham College Library is one of the best-stocked undergraduate college libraries in Cambridge, with a collection of 100,000 volumes––including about 6,000 rare books. Divided into two sections, this depository consists of Champneys original Victorian Yates Thompson library and its award-winning, ultra-modern Horner Markwick extension.
30 de may. de 2021 · By the time Girton College opened in 1873, Sidgwick and Clough were making their own plans to expand. Aided by a network of influential supporters, they leased 21⁄2 acres of pasture from St John’s College and set up a limited liability company to raise capital for the erection of Newnham Hall, named after a nearby hamlet.
Newnham College, 1886 (MoC270/57) Newnham College from Peile Hall. Of particular interest are The Clough Gates. Anne Jemima Clough is commemorated in these bronze gates. It was she who was invited by Henry Sidgwick in 1871 to take charge of a house in town for a group of young women who attended his lectures. Four years later this group settled ...
Virginia Woolf is an important and generative figure in feminist thought and activism. While she never studied at Newnham, she had significant ties to our college. Virginia Woolf’s cousin, Katherine Stephen, was the librarian and later principal at Newnham College. Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own was based on two papers given to the Arts ...
