Cornelia Sorabji

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Cornelia Sorabji


Born
in Nashik, India
November 15, 1886

Died
July 06, 1954


Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was the first female advocate from India when admitted to Allahabad High Court. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and in 1889 became the first woman to read law at Oxford University, and also the first Indian national to study at any British university. Later she became the first woman to practise law in India and Britain. In 2012, her bust was unveiled at Lincoln's Inn, London. Her nephew, Sir Richard Sorabji, is Professor of Philosophy at Kings College, London.

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