Kathleen Chesney
Kathleen Chesney (26 April 1899 – 12 April 1976) was a British scholar of medieval French literature. She was vice-principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1941 to 1951, and principal of Westfield College from 1951 until she retired in 1962. Westfield College was an all-women college of the University of London, and under her leadership it expanded with the re-introduction of teaching of science at the college. Having been elected a fellow of St Hilda's College in 1924, she continued her links with the University of Oxford as an honorary fellow from 1951 until her death. Early life and education Chesney was born on 26 April 1899 in Cheshire, England, to an Irish father who was an administrator in the Church of England and an English mother. She was a raised and remained a committed Anglican Christian, and she welcomed the increase in frequency of Holy Communion to a weekly service from the 1950s. She was educated St Hilda's School, Folkestone and The Manor House, Brondesbu ...
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