Sofia Danova

Sofia Danova (née Simeonova; born 1879 in Veliko Tarnovo; and died in 1946) was a Bulgarian philanthropist, educator and publisher.

Danova's father had been a Russian feldsher in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) who settled in Bulgaria when he met his future wife.

[1] She graduated from the Metropolitan Clement Girls' High School in Veliko Tarnovo.

She then went to Russia to attend the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology from where she obtained a degree in mathematics.

[1] In 1936, Sofia headed a women's charitable foundation to support the education of poor students.