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Irish born Mistress of Girton College
Edith Helen Major,
CBE
[1] (15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951)
[2] was an Irish educationalist.
[3]
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
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^ 'The New Year Honours'
The Times (London, England), January 1, 1931, Issue 45709, p.6
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^ 'Miss E. H. Major'
The Times (London, England), March 19, 1951, Issue 51953, p.8
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^
"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.)
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^ THE INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS
Freeman's Journal, Friday, September 14, 1883
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^ Girton College Register, 1869–1946: Cambridge;
CUP; 1948
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^ 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.)
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^
"
Major, Edith Helen".
Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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"The colleges and halls: Girton". British History Online. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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^ Margaret Bryant,
Major, Edith Helen (1867–1951),
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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"Edith Major | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 18 July 2023.