Talk:Cornelia Sorabji

Google Doodle on Cornelia Sorabji

It should be added that a Google Doodle celebrated her 151st birthday on 15 november 2017. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susmitauri (talk • contribs) 10:40, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Oxford

She was the first woman to sit the Bachelor of Civil Laws exam at Oxford. Source: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100301.html - Add to main article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.137.15 (talk) 14:13, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Earliest Indian scholar

I hate to be "this guy"; I enjoyed the article, both its subject and writing, but the claim in the article that Sorabji was "the first Indian national to study at any British university" (and the source to which it is attributed) are both wrong. A number of Indians had studied at University College London in the 1870s, not least Rabindranath Tagore in 1879. its entirely likely she was the first woman and the first at Oxford, but she certainly wasn't the first Indian university scholar in Britain.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:38, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Canadian Lawyer and Law Professor (Osgoode Hall), Mary Jane Mossman has written an excellent book entitled "The First Female Lawyers," which includes a chapter on Cornelia Sorabji. The book was published in the Spring of 2007.

Last edited at 00:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 12:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Columbia Soralgi

A redirect has been made from this mistaken form of her name, found in a couple of sources: see Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject_Women_in_Red#I_think_I_found_an_interesting_woman_in_red . PamD 06:13, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Cornelia Sorabji/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 21:26, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• "University.." one too many full stops.
• "LLB" link.
• "National Council for Women in India" any link? Not notable enough?

• Redlinked. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:02, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

• "change, and believing" split sentence here, too many run-ons.
• 20th Century -> 20th century
• "born on 15 November 1866 in Nashik," infobox has slightly more refined place of birth.

• Amended infobox as I couldn't find a reliable source for the more specific location. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:02, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

• Although "the Bombay Presidency" is only mentioned in the article and not the infobox.
• "describing Parsi rituals" link.
• "in England.[5][1] " ref order.
• "for men.[8][5]" likewise.
• "Sorabji got involved" got? Maybe "became"?
• "the LLB examination" link here too.
• "practising in Kolkata." wouldn't it have been Calcutta at the time?
• "the British Raj, purdah for" link for both?
• "for Indian Independence, relating" our article doesn't capitalise independence.
• " Mahatma Gandhi's " no need to pipe link.
• "early 20th Century" century.
• "including the following.[14]" colon.
• "Shubala - A Child" en-dash.
• Any of those periodicals linkable?
• First see also isn't really encyclopedically titled, just use the actual article title of List of first women lawyers and judges by nationality .
• Ref 2, 6, 17: page ranges need en-dash.
• Ref 12: year range needs en-dash.
• A lot of external links there, anything which would be better incorporated in the aritlce?

• I've removed a couple, plus taken out the multiple links to Sorabji's books from there. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:02, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

• Penultimate EL needs en-dash.

That's all I have. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 08:47, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

• Many thanks, The Rambling Man. I've acted on all of your review comments, and added a couple of notes above. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:02, 10 September 2021 (UTC)