Susette Taylor

She was born on 20 September 1860 in Norwood, Surrey, to shipping director John Taylor and his wife Carolina, née Folkes.

She was educated at King's College, London and read modern languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, in 1884–1886.

[3] When the Royal Geographical Society began admitting women fellows in 1913, Susette was elected to a fellowship that year, being seconded by David Hogarth.

[2] She died on 28 January 1920 in Kensington, London, leaving 800 of her books in French, Spanish and Catalan to the Lady Margaret Hall Library.

[5] The college also offered a Suzette Taylor travelling scholarship in her name: past recipients include Dorothy Wrinch,[6] Helen Waddell,[7] and Myra Shackley.