Edith Major
Edith Helen Major, CBE[1] (15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951)[2] was an Irish educationalist.[3]
Major was born in Lisburn and educated at Methodist College Belfast[4] and Girton College, Cambridge.[5] She was Assistant Mistress at Blackheath High School from 1891 to 1900; Headmistress of Putney High School from 1891 to 1910;[6] and Head Mistress of King Edward VI High School for Girls from 1910 until 1925. Major was Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1925 until 1931.[7][8]
References
- ^ 'The New Year Honours' The Times (London, England), January 1, 1931, Issue 45709, p.6
- ^ 'Miss E. H. Major' The Times (London, England), March 19, 1951, Issue 51953, p.8
- ^ Major. "Major, Edith Helen". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black.
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- ^ Girton College Register, 1869–1946: Cambridge; CUP; 1948
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"Major, Edith Helen". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "The colleges and halls: Girton". British History Online. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Margaret Bryant, Major, Edith Helen (1867–1951), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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