Edith Major
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Irish born Mistress of Girton College
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| Born | 15 February 1867 Edit this on Wikidata Lisburn Edit this on Wikidata |
| Died | 17 March 1951 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 84) Antrim Edit this on Wikidata |
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Edith Helen Major, CBE [1] (15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951)[2] was an Irish educationalist.[3]
Life
[edit ]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 serving under Florence Gadesden.[6] She was Headmistress of Putney High School from 1891 to 1910;[7] 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.[8] [9]
Girton College has a painting of her by James Sleator.[10]
References
[edit ]- ^ '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, Edith Helen" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ THE INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS Freeman's Journal, Friday, September 14, 1883
- ^ Girton College Register, 1869–1946: Cambridge; CUP; 1948
- ^ Sondheimer, Janet (23 September 2004). "Gadesden [Gadsden], Florence Marie Armroid (1853–1934), headmistress" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48569. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Edith Major | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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