Lalage Bown

Lalage Jean Bown OBE FRSE FAcSS has been described as a giant amongst women. She was an Oxford undergraduate; a friend and mentor of UK and international students; a campaigner for liberal causes, an African university leader and pioneer in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia, a Scottish adult educator, a community builder in Shrewsbury, a pioneer of women's development, an academic author on education and development; a promoter of museums, a Board Member of important national institutions, officer/committee member/ trustee of innumerable voluntary organisations, a warm and loyal friend, an orator and racconteur and most important to her, she was the centre of her own birth and adopted Nigerian families always guiding the next generation. She recently became a great grandmother to baby Jonathan, her legacy will live on. Lalage Jean Bown 01.04.1927 - 17.12.2021 Guardian Obituary-https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jan/10/lalage-bown-obituary The Times Obituary - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/obituary-lalage-bown-w9xnf3fzl