Christine Burrows
Christine Burrows | |
|---|---|
 Christine Burrows, from an 1894 source. | |
| Born | 4 January 1872 Chipping Norton |
| Died | 10 September 1959 Oxford |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | College principal |
Christine Mary Elizabeth Burrows (4 January 1872 – 10 September 1959) was a British academic administrator, the second principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1910 to 1919.
Early life
Christine Burrows was the daughter of Esther Elizabeth Burrows and Henry Parker Burrows.[1] Her father, a businessman, died before she was born; her mother was the first principal of St Hilda's.[2] She was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire on 4 January 1872[1] and educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and completed a master's degree in 1921.[3]
Career
Burrows became vice principal of St Hilda's at the age of 23, and succeeded her mother as principal in 1910.[4] She resigned from the principalship in 1919, to care for her ailing mother.[1]
Burrows was principal of the Society of Oxford Home Students (now St Anne's College, Oxford), from 1921 to 1929.[4][3] In 1920 she and five others represented the British Federation of University Women at the International Federation of University Women meeting in London.[5] In 1926 she served as principal of an Oxford summer course for over 200 American women students.[6] Again, in 1929, she resigned her position to care for her mother, who died in 1935. In her retirement, Burrows served on a committee of the Church of England, on the place of women in the church, and wrote a history of St. Hilda's College.[1]
Personal life
Burrows died at St Luke's Home, Linton Road, Oxford, on 10 September 1959. Following a funeral at St Giles' Church, Oxford, her body was cremated.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Butler, R. F.; Rayner, Margaret E. (8 October 2009). "Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959)". ODNB. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "BURROWS (née BLISS), Esther Elizabeth". The Badsey Society. 1915-03-18. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Christine Burrows (1872-1959)". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Founder and Principals". St. Hilda's, Oxford. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "International Federation of University Women". The Journal of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. 14: 8. October 1920.
- ^ Winn, Agnes (January 1928). "A Summer Vacation Course at Oxford". Journal of the American Association of University Women. 21: 45.
External links
- A painted portrait of Christine Burrows, from about 1920, at Art UK.
- A photograph of Christine Burrows from 1950, in the National Portrait Gallery.