Dorothy Noel Bonarjee
- 1904: Dorothy’s family moves to Dulwich in South London.
- 1910: Dorothy’s parents move back to India, but she stays in England under the guardianship of an Irish barrister.
- 1912: Dorothy enrolls at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. During her time in Aberystwyth, she was the treasurer of the Literary and Debating Society, and a member of the editorial board of the student magazine, 'The Dragon'.
- 1914: Dorothy wins the bardic chair at the college Eisteddfod for her poem, 'Owain Lawgoch'. Her success receives significant publicity in the local and national press.
- 1914: She publishes the poem 'Noon'.
- 1916: She graduatesfrom the University of Wales, Aberystwyth with a BA in French. She attends University College London.
- 1917: She is the first woman to gain an internal law degree from the Faculty of Laws, 2 years before women were allowed to work as lawyers.
- 1919: Dorothy was supportive of the movement for women to be able to vote. She signed the Indian Women’s Franchise Address with her mother.
- 1919: She publishes the poem 'Menelaus Lamenting'.
- 1936: Dorothy moves to France where she lives until her death.
‘Dorothy certainly embraced Welsh national culture, and contributed significantly to it during her time in Aberystwyth.’ – Beth Jenkins, Essex University, in ‘”She is beautiful but she is Indian”: The student who became a Welsh bard at 19’, BBC News.