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Jean Lindsay
Jean Olivia Lindsay (née McLachlan) (1910–1996) was a British historian who was a graduate of Girton College, Cambridge University. She was the Headmistress of St George's School, Edinburgh, St George's School. Life Jean Olivia Lindsay was born in India, to James Douglas McLachlan and Gwendolyn Mab White. She was educated at schools in Edinburgh and at Queen's College, London, Queen's College, located on Harley Street in London.Janus Online Papers repositoryJean Lindsay papers Accessed 19 September 2017. Her father was posted as the first British military attache to Washington D.C. and she accompanied him, with her mother and sister Felicita Dina.The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 722; Item: 69 She studied history at Girton from 1929–32, obtaining a distinction in Part II of the Tripos. She undertook historical research in Cambridge, Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girton College
Girton College is one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the university, marking the official admittance of women to the university. In 1976, it was the first Cambridge women's college to become mixed-sex education, coeducational. The main college site, situated on the outskirts of the village of Girton, Cambridgeshire, Girton, about northwest of the university town, comprises of land. In a typical Victorian architecture, Victorian red brick design, most was built by architect Alfred Waterhouse between 1872 and 1887. It provides extensive sports facilities, an indoor swimming pool, an award-winning library and a chapel with two organs. There is an accommodation annexe, known as Swirles Court, situated in the Eddington neighborhood of the North West Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
