Dorothy Wadham
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 406 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 1,1534 |
| Died | Branscombe |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | May 16,1618 |
| Parents | William Petre |
| Gertrude Tyrrell | |
| Siblings | Katherine Petre |
| Thomasine Petre | |
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| ID | 4493142 |
Dorothy Wadham Life story
Dorothy Wadham was an English landowner and the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Wadham was the first woman who was not a member of the royal family or titled aristocracy to found a college at Oxford or Cambridge.