sentences:  Dorothy Wadham
  
  Dorothy Wadham (; "née" Petre) (1534/1535 – 16 May 1618) was the wife of Nicholas Wadham (1531-1609) of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, Somerset and of Edge in the parish of Branscombe, Devon and as his widow in pursuance of his wishes, was the foundress of Wadham College, Oxford.She has the distinction of being the first woman who was not a member of the Royal Family or titled aristocracy to found a college at Oxford or Cambridge.