History of Lady Margaret Hall

LMH was founded in 1878 to change Oxford University and to change the world as it was then.

LMH made it possible for the first time for women to study at Oxford, with all that meant both for intellectual development and for access to new career opportunities.

LMH is named in honour of Lady Margaret Beaufort, founder of the Tudor dynasty and renowned patron of scholarship and learning. Our founder Edward Talbot and his companions in the great enterprise of LMH were inspired by a passion for learning and for equality. This was the vision that brought LMH into being and has sustained it ever since.

Timeline

PRINCIPALS	GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT	BUILDINGS
Elizabeth Wordsworth 1879-1909	1879 First nine students admitted 1889 First residential tutor appointed 1900 53 students	1881 New Old Hall Basil Champneys 1896 Wordsworth Reginald Blomfield
Henrietta Jex-Blake 1909-1921	1913 College Incorporated; 67 students 1920 Women admitted to degrees of the University of Oxford	1910 Talbot Reginald Blomfield 1915 Toynbee Reginald Blomfield
Lynda Grier 1921-1945	Scientific and Medical studies developed; First graduate students at LMH 1926 LMH received Royal Charter 1928 Golden Jubilee celebrated 1940 160 Undergraduates, 11 Graduates	1926 Eleanor Lodge Reginald Blomfield 1932 Deneke Giles Gilbert-Scott 1933 Chapel Giles Gilbert-Scott
Lucy Sutherland 1945-1971	1953 Governing Body replaced Council; Statutes approved 1959 LMH became full College of the University of Oxford 1970 296 Undergraduates, 64 Graduates	1961 Lynda Grier (including the new Library) Raymond Erith opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II 1966 Wolfson North and Wolfson West Raymond Erith
Sally Chilver 1971-1979	1977-78 Decision taken to admit men 1978 Centenary celebrated	1972 Lucy Sutherland Lyster, Grillet & Harding Kathleen Lea Lyster, Grillet & Harding
Duncan Stewart 1979-1995	1979 First men admitted to LMH 1980 342 Undergraduates, 77 Graduates	1987 Science Library created 1995 Half of Deneke Roof Space converted into student rooms
Brian Fall 1995-2002	1998 Introduction of fees for UK and EU Undergraduates 2000 400 Undergraduates, 120 Graduates	2000 Second half of Deneke Roof Space converted into student rooms
Frances Lannon 2002 to present	2003-04 125th Anniversary celebrated 2009 400 Undergraduates, 180 Graduates 2010 LMH registered as a Charity with the Charity Commission	2006 Library extended and modernised; new Law Library created 2010 Pipe Partridge John Simpson

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History of Lady Margaret Hall

LMH was founded in 1878 to change Oxford University and to change the world as it was then.

Timeline

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