Tributes are pouring in for 18-year-old Hannah Lynch.
A friend of Ms Lynch, Katya Lewis, described her as a “warm and beautiful soul”.
“Being with Hannah made me feel whole and happy,” she said.
The head of English at Latymer Upper School, Jon Mitropoulos-Monk, said he had never taught someone who “combined sky-high intellectual ability with warmth and enthusiasm in the way Hannah did”.
“She lit up the classroom with her energy, passion for learning and sheer intelligence.”
Mr Mitropoulos-Monk described her as one of the best English students in the country, scoring 100% in her English literature GCSE.
“She loved literature, learning and life. She was so excited to start studying English at Oxford, a goal she had worked so hard towards.”
One of Hannah’s classmates, Gracie Lea, said she thought of “poetry, sunshine, and her beautiful eyes” when she thought of Ms Lynch.
“I’ll always remember her smiling,” she added.
Patrick Jacob, a family friend, said: “Hannah was charming and ferociously intelligent with an insatiable thirst for life and knowledge.
“I am 50 years older than her and in my life I have never met anybody like Hannah. We have lost one of our brightest stars whose future held so much promise.”
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