Edith_Helen_Major

Edith Major

Edith Major

Irish born Mistress of Girton College

Edith Helen Major, CBE[1] (15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951)[2] was an Irish educationalist.[3]

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Life

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

  1. [1]
    'The New Year Honours' The Times (London, England), January 1, 1931, Issue 45709, p.6
  2. [2]
    'Miss E. H. Major' The Times (London, England), March 19, 1951, Issue 51953, p.8
  3. [3]
    "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.)
  4. [4]
    THE INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS Freeman's Journal, Friday, September 14, 1883
  5. [5]
    Girton College Register, 1869–1946: Cambridge; CUP; 1948
  6. [6]
    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.)
  7. [7]
     "Major, Edith Helen". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  8. [8]
    "The colleges and halls: Girton". British History Online. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  9. [9]
    Margaret Bryant, Major, Edith Helen (1867–1951), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
  10. [10]
    "Edith Major | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 18 July 2023.


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