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111:, after which the number of students doubled. While overseeing the expansion of the academic provisions at the College, she also served as the representative of the Faculty of Arts on the University of London Senate from 1911 until her retirement. Additionally, she served on numerous academic committees, including the University Scholarships Committee and the Academic Council (1911–1929). 95:
and taught French there, as a staff lecturer in modern languages, from 1890 to 1905. She then moved to University College, Bristol, to take up the position of tutor to the women students and a lectureship in French. She remained a Fellow of Newnham from 1905 until 1936.
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with a collection of Italian Renaissance letters dating from 1526 to 1697. They deal principally with the family and business affairs of the Florentine Ridolfi family. The Tuke manuscript collection enhanced the research potential of existing works of
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In 1949, Bedford College established the Dame Margaret Tuke Travel Bursary to commemorate the life and work of Dame Margaret Tuke. This is still awarded bi-annually.
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Tuke shared interweaving, intimate relationships with other female writers. She annually shared a rented summer home with
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degree in 1888. As women were not awarded degrees by Cambridge at the time, her BA and MA were conferred upon her by
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in 1907 and remained in the post until her retirement in 1929. During her time there she oversaw its move from
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Tuke was educated at home until she was 15, then for two years at St John's School in
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Faith, Duty, and the Power of Mind: The Cloughs and their Circle, 1820–1960
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in 1905. (Women could only receive Cambridge degrees after 1948.)
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - accessed 29 June 2011
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In September 1937 Dame Margaret presented the Library of
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In 1885 she became one of the first women to go up to
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and others. She was known by the nickname of "Meta".
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Index

DBE
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
James Hack Tuke
Withdean
Brighton
Bedford College
Michaelmas term
Cambridge University
Modern and Medieval Languages
Newnham
first class honours
Trinity College, Dublin
Newnham College
Bedford College
Baker Street
Regent's Park
Royal Holloway, University of London
Italian literature
Giovanni Battista Guarini
Gian Giorgio Trissino
La Sophonisba
Caroline Spurgeon
Virginia Gildersleeve
merged with Bedford College in 1985


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