CLOUGH, ANNE JEMIMA (kluf) 2o-1892 tionalist and sister of the poet, Arthur Hugh Clough, born at Liver pool Jan. 2o, 182o. When two years old she went with her family to Charleston, U.S.A., but returned to England in 1836. Her father's failure in business led her to open a school in 1841 which was carried on until 1846. In 1852, after studying in London and working at the Borough road and the Home and Colonial schools, she opened another school at Ambleside, in Westmor land. Keenly interested in the education of women, she made friends with Miss Emily Davies, Madame Bodichon, Miss Buss and others. After helping to found the North of England council for promoting the higher education of women, she acted as its secretary from 1867-7o and as president from 1873-74. When it was decided to open a house for women students at Cambridge, Miss Clough was chosen as its first principal. This hostel, started in Regent street, Cambridge, in 1871 with five students, and con tinued at Merton hall in 1872, led to the building of Newnham hall, opened in 1875, and to the erection of the present Newnham college, Cambridge, in 1880. Miss Clough's personal charm and high aims, together with her work at Newnham college, made her one of the leaders of the women's educational movement. She died on Feb. 27, 1892.
See B. A. Clough, Memoir of Anne Jemima Clough (19o3).