Abstract
Augustus Vernon Harcourt was among the earliest of the university chemistry professors to champion the cause of women. He proselytized for the founding of Somerville College, a science-focussed women’s college at the University of Oxford. Harcourt insisted on the opening of chemistry laboratories to women students at Oxford, and he was the first to campaign for the admission of women chemists to the Chemical Society. In addition, he was mentor for two women students: Margaret Seward and Mary Rich.
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
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