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Newnham & Selwyn Colleges from the air circa 1910General information about Newnham College can be found on Wikipedia.
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 at Newnham Hall, now Old Hall, and Newnham College was founded.
Alice Grace Jenny Bragg, ‘Lady Bragg’, wife of Nobel prize winner Sir Lawrence Bragg, went to Newnham College in 1918 to study history. Her time there is described in a diary in ‘Crystal Clear’ p301f. It was while an undergraduate she met Lawrence Bragg.
Jane Ellen Harrison, classicist and linguist
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