List of people educated at Queen's College, London
This article lists notable alumnae of Queen's College, London, an independent girls' school, the first to award academic qualifications to women in Great Britain, and the first to receive a royal charter for that purpose.
Nineteenth century
[edit]- Dorothea Beale (1848–1855), founder of Cheltenham Ladies' College & St Hilda's College, Oxford
- Sophia Beale, English artist and author
- Gertrude Bell (1884-1886), archaeologist and diplomat
- Matilda Ellen Bishop (c. 1858–60), first Principal of Royal Holloway College
- Emily Bovell, doctor, one of the 'Edinburgh Seven', and later wife of William Allen Sturge[1]
- Frances Mary Buss (1848), founder of North London Collegiate School
- Dame Frances Dove (1860–62), founder of Wycombe Abbey and headmistress of St Leonard's School at St Andrews
- Olive Garnett (1871-1958), diarist
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first woman to qualify as a doctor of medicine in Britain
- Beatrice Harraden, writer and suffragette [1]
- Octavia Hill, social reformer, co-founder of the National Trust, coined the term "Green Belt"
- Nora Kerin (1883-1970), actress
- Sophia Jex-Blake (1858–61), co-founder of the London School of Medicine for Women
- Adelaide Anne Procter, poet and philanthropist [1]
- Mary Catherine Rowsell, novelist, children's author and dramatist.[2]
- Mary Gleed Tuttiett, novelist and poet known by pen-name Maxwell Gray[1]
- Mary Wardell, founder of the Convalescent Home for Scarlet Fever in Stanmore.[3]
- Frances Julia Wedgwood, feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic [1]
- Frances Helen Prideaux, the first woman to be competitively appointed as a surgeon to a London hospital[4][5]
- Sarah Williams (1837–1868), poet[6]
- Thomazine Mary Lockyer, astronomer, suffragist, Unitarian
Twentieth century
[edit]- Lesley Abdela MBE (1962), writer, author and broadcaster
- Evelyn Abelson, artist
- Emma Anderson (1982-3), recording artist
- Peggy Appiah MBE, children's author and philanthropist
- Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria
- Miki Berenyi (1980-5), recording artist
- Tania Bryer (1973–80), broadcaster
- Harriet Cass (1962–70), broadcaster
- Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, sister of John F. Kennedy
- Susannah Constantine (1978), journalist, television presenter and fashion guru
- Dame Cicely Courtneidge (1905-6), actress
- Eleanor Davies-Colley, first female elected to the Royal College of Surgeons
- Emma Freud (1973–80), broadcaster
- Penelope Gilliatt (1942-7), journalist and writer
- Catherine Goodman (1972-9), painter, Artistic Director of The Prince's Drawing School
- Daisy Goodwin (1972–77), BBC television producer
- Rosalie Glynn Grylls, biographer, lecturer and Liberal Party politician
- Nancy Hiller (1973–77) Furniture Designer and Cabinetmaker.
- Sally Ann Howes (1937–38), actress
- Kathryn Hunter (1968–75), actress, winner of the Olivier award, 1990
- Dame Rosalinde Hurley DBE (1948–50), Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1975–95)
- Tamara Ingram (1972–79), CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi
- Jameela Jamil, television presenter
- Edith Lawrence, artist
- Caroline Lee-Johnson (1980–82), actress
- Professor Dame Hermione Lee (1963-5), biographer and Goldsmith Professor of English Literature, Oxford, President, Wolfson College, Oxford
- Sue Lees (1941–2002), academic, activist, feminist and writer[7][8]
- Imogen Lloyd Webber (1988–1995), author
- Anthea McIntyre (1968–1973), Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands[9]
- Katherine Mansfield (1903-6), author
- Professor Albinia de la Mare OBE (1947–56), Professor of Palaeography, King's College, London
- Deborah Moggach (1959–62), writer and novelist
- Margaret Morris (1972-4), Dancer
- Christina Onassis (1967–68), shipping magnate and daughter of Aristotle Onassis
- Arabella Rosalind Hungerford Pollen (1977), fashion designer and writer
- Griselda Pollock (1964-6), art historian
- Jacqueline du Pré (1959), cellist
- Claudia Rosencrantz (1975–79), journalist, Controller of Entertainment, ITV, Commissioner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, X Factor and I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, among others; Director of Programming Living TV; Director of Television, Virgin Media
- Anne Said (1925–30), artist
- Melissa Scott Miller (1971–77) urban landscape and portrait artist.
- Gillian Sheen (1945–47), Olympic fencing gold medallist
- Sofka Skipwith (Princess Sofka Dolgorouky), Russian émigré, Communist, political prisoner, recipient of British Hero of the Holocaust honour
- Emma Soames (1965–67), journalist and granddaughter of Winston Churchill
- Baroness Dame Mary Soames (1940), Chairman, Royal National Theatre Board; daughter of Winston Churchill
- Barbara Thompson (musician) MBE (1955–62), musician
- Felicity Tree, baronetess and high society figure
- Kathleen Tynan (1951–55), Canadian-British journalist, author, and screenwriter
- Diana Barnato Walker (1928–34), author and aviator
- Vanessa Walters (1988–1995), author
- Sophie Ward (1976–83), actress
- Rebecca Wilcox (1992–1999), television presenter
- Suzannah Walker Wise (1983–89), actress
- Dame Anna Wintour (1960–63), editor-in-chief, (American) Vogue
Twenty-First century
[edit]- Peaches Geldof, television personality
- Jameela Jamil, television personality
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Grylls, Rosalie Glynn, Queen's College, 1848-1948: Founded by Frederick Denison Maurice, G. Routledge, 1948
- ^ A. & C. Black Ltd. (1967). "Rowsell, Mary Catherine". Who Was Who: A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Period 1916-1928. Vol. II: 1916-1928 (4th ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 914. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana (1904). Behind the Footlights. p. 286.
- ^ "University Intelligence". Morning Post. 18 June 1878.
- ^ Horowitz Murray, Janet; Stark, Myra (1878). The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions.
- ^ "Williams, Sarah (1841–1868) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Lees, Sue (1941–2003)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Sue Lees; Obituary". The Times. 30 September 2002. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
- ^ ‘McINTYRE, Anthea Elizabeth Joy’, in Who's Who 2013 (London: A. & C. Black, 2013)