Sophie Willock Bryant (15 February 1850, Sandymount, Dublin, – 14 August 1922, Chamonix, France) was an Anglo-Irish mathematician, educator, feminist and activist.

[1] She was the first woman to receive a DSc in England; one of the first to serve on a Royal Commission and on the Senate of the University of London.

Her father was Revd Dr William Willock DD, Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin.

[2][3] In 1875 Bryant became a teacher and was invited by Frances Mary Buss to join the staff of North London Collegiate School.

When Trinity College Dublin opened its degrees to women, Bryant was one of the first to be awarded an honorary doctorate.

[2][3][7] She serve on consultative committees of the national Board of Education with other suffragists like Isabel Cleghorn.