MBrockway Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 1b46a6c423dd77b50de7d95276091772.jpg One of many who gave up their residence so that it could become a convalescent home. Oxford MA gown, Jane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 Oxford MA hood, anyway. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 Principal of Somerville College, as well as Royal Holloway Collage London and Bedford College London, during her career? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 1b46a6c423dd77b50de7d95276091772.jpg One of many who gave up their residence so that it could become a convalescent home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 Principal of Somerville College, as well as Royal Holloway Collage London and Bedford College London, during her career? John Certainly the first, John. MA granted 26 October 1920 if I recall correctly. PS nice picture, MB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 PS nice picture, MB! It's from the Somerville website here: http://blogs.some.ox.ac.uk/archive/somerville-buildings-pre-1920/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 May , 2016 Share Posted 29 May , 2016 It's from the Somerville website here: http://blogs.some.ox.ac.uk/archive/somerville-buildings-pre-1920/ Hah, how did I miss that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 You are all obviously circling round the right name but nobody has actually given it yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 Sorry should have said Dame Emily Penrose John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 Apologies for going awol. Just back from two weeks in a woodland lodge in Devon. Unfortunately I'm straight back to work tonight, so won't be posting any candidates just at the moment, but normal service will shortly be restored. Very interesting to catch up on the play in my absence by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 Sorry should have said Dame Emily Penrose John Correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 Jane Was she related to John Gielgud, by any chance? I can't help seeing a strong resemblance! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 Not that I can discover, Ron! "A person of many accomplishments (a fine needlewoman, talented actress, and intrepid mountaineer), she was markedly lacking in certain social skills: stories abounded among undergraduates of her terrifying attempts at small talk." (ODNB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 May , 2016 Share Posted 30 May , 2016 14733_300.jpg I should have said: the nurse on the left hand side of this picture is resting her hand on the windowsill of what was later, for three years, my room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 31 May , 2016 Share Posted 31 May , 2016 "A person of many accomplishments (a fine needlewoman, talented actress, and intrepid mountaineer), she was markedly lacking in certain social skills: stories abounded among undergraduates of her terrifying attempts at small talk." (ODNB) As an equally poor practitioner of small talk, I like her already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 31 May , 2016 Share Posted 31 May , 2016 I should have said: the nurse on the left hand side of this picture is resting her hand on the windowsill of what was later, for three years, my room. What an idyllic setting; reminds me of Brideshead Revisited. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 31 May , 2016 Share Posted 31 May , 2016 Not half so civilised in my day, alas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 31 May , 2016 Share Posted 31 May , 2016 What an idyllic setting; reminds me of Brideshead Revisited. Pete. But Presumably not the incident when Sebastian threw up through a downstairs window like the one in the picture! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 1 June , 2016 Share Posted 1 June , 2016 Who on earth is this ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 1 June , 2016 Share Posted 1 June , 2016 Nice to have you back UG. Is it somebody called von Erde? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 June , 2016 Share Posted 1 June , 2016 UG I hope that it is the German born General of the Swiss Army Ulrich Willie,if it is i can add his name and piccy to my database as a new addition for me. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 UG I hope that it is the German born General of the Swiss Army Ulrich Willie,if it is i can add his name and piccy to my database as a new addition for me. John His name was not Willie, no. Nice to have you back UG. Is it somebody called von Erde? David No, he is not somebody called von Erde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 If I try Wille without the spelling mistake would I be closer? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Accuracy is of the first importance here on WiT. Yes, the General of Switzerland Conrad Ulrich Wille. Wille too was a stickler for precision. My copy of 'Boys' Bumper Book of Stereotypes, Standardisations and Slurs' (1935), (from Penguin's celebrated 'Alliteration and Assonance for Adolescents' series), tells me that the Swiss are a "proud, precise, petty, pedantic people". Wille, though like all Swiss he reviled cliché and shibboleth, fitted this characterisation like a glove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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