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St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

1 History

St Hugh's College, founded in 1886 was originally a women's only college (as was Somerville College, St Anne's College, Lady Margaret Hall and St Hilda's College), although it became coeducational in 1986.

The college was founded by Elizabeth Wordsworth, a great niece of the famous poet. The name of the college was that of Hugh of Avalon who was canonized in 1220.

2 Notable Former Students

• Aung San Suu Kyi
• Barbara Castle
• Ruth LawrenceRuth Elke Lawrence (born August 2, 1971) is an Associate Professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher in knot theory and algebraic topology. Outside of academic circles, she is best kn
• Barbara LevickBarbara Levick (born 1932) is one of Britain's foremost ancient historians. She was educated at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, and, since 1959, has been a Fellow of St. Hilda's College, Oxford (now emeritus). She is a prolific writer and occasional broadcast
• Mary RenaultMary Renault ( 1905 1983) was an English novelist whose works are still popular with devotees of the historical novel. She was born in London, real name Mary Challans and educated at St Hugh's College, Oxford, then an all-women's college. She trained as a

3 External Link

Official website