20 Facts About Dorothy Tarrant

Dorothy Tarrant was a British classical scholar, specialising in Plato.

Dorothy Tarrant was the first female Professor of Greek in the United Kingdom, teaching at Bedford College, London from 1909 to 1950.

Dorothy Tarrant researched the work of Plato, pioneering the use of stylistic analysis to conclude that he had not written all the work previously attributed to him.

Dorothy Tarrant was active in the Classical Association and became its first woman president in 1958.

Dorothy Tarrant was an active Unitarian and campaigned especially against alcohol, becoming the president of the Unitarian Temperance Association, the Unitarian Assembly and the Unitarian College.

Dorothy Tarrant was educated at home before attending Wandsworth high school from 1895 and the Clapham High School from 1898.

Dorothy Tarrant sat the external examination of London University for Classics while still at school, placing in the first class.

Dorothy Tarrant then won a scholarship to Girton College, Cambridge which she attended from 1904, reading for the Classical Tripos.

Dorothy Tarrant passed parts one and two in 1907 and 1908, achieving first class honours in both.

Dorothy Tarrant won the Agnata Butler prize, the Therese Montefiore prize and the Gilchrist fellowship for research.

Dorothy Tarrant graduated in 1906 and then took her master's degree three years later for her thesis on the genesis of Plato's theory of ideas.

Dorothy Tarrant's doctorate was awarded by London University much later in 1930.

Dorothy Tarrant retired in 1950 to become a professor emerita and honorary fellow of Bedford College.

Dorothy Tarrant became an honorary fellow of Girton College in 1955 and Manchester College, Oxford in 1969.

Dorothy Tarrant was a frequent contributor to learned journals including The Classical Quarterly and The Journal of Hellenic Studies.

Dorothy Tarrant was involved with the Classical Association for many years, from reading a paper on The Art of Plato to the London branch in 1926 to becoming the first female President in 1958, at the age of 73.

Dorothy Tarrant lectured to the general public, from passengers on Mediterranean cruises to the women convicts at Holloway prison.

Dorothy Tarrant was a devout Unitarian like her father, campaigning especially against alcohol.

Dorothy Tarrant was the president of the Unitarian Temperance Association from 1948 to 1951 and then president of the Unitarian Assembly from 1952 to 1953.

Dorothy Tarrant attended the Unitarian College, Manchester from 1955 to 1958 and was its president from 1961 to 1963.