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Carol Margaret Handley (née Taylor; born 17 October 1929) is a former headmistress of
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(1971–1985) and president of the
Classical Association The Classical Association is a British learned society in the field of classics, aimed at developing classical study and promoting its importance in education. Constitution The association was founded on 19 December 1903, and its objects are def ...
(1996–1997). Handley is now a classics tutor at
Wolfson College, Cambridge Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates. The college also admits "mature" undergraduates (aged 21 and above), with around ...
. Handley is known for her longstanding advocacy for Classics education in schools and universities, as well as for her work on teaching and examination materials for the Joint Association of Classical Teachers and for the
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.


Career

After completing her Classics BA at UCL in 1951, Handley began her teaching career at
Queen's Gate School Queen's Gate School is an independent day school for girls aged 4–18 in Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, England. The ''Good Schools Guide'' described it as a "Charming popular school, with a mixed intake, which does jolly well by its g ...
, London in 1952. She moved to
Camden School for Girls The Camden School for Girls (CSG) is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in north London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist- ...
in 1956 as a Classics teacher becoming the Senior Classics mistress. In 1965 Handley became Deputy Head and then Headmistress in 1971. She retired from
Camden School for Girls The Camden School for Girls (CSG) is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in north London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist- ...
in 1985. Throughout this time Handley was involved with the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, and was co-founder with David Raeburn and John Sharwood Smith of the JACT Greek summer school in 1968. When the original venue,
Dean Close School Dean Close School is a public school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school is divided into pre-prep, preparatory and senior schools located on separate but adjacent sites outside Cheltenham town centre, occupying the largest privat ...
, Cheltenham, became unavailable in 1986, she was instrumental in finding
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for the new location of the Greek summer school, working closely with
James Morwood James Henry Weldon Morwood (25 November 1943 – 10 September 2017) was an English classicist and author. He taught at Harrow School, where he was Head of Classics,Harrow School Register 2002 8th edition edited by S W Bellringer & published by T ...
, who had succeeded David Raeburn as Director. From 1991 to 2005, Handley was the director of the Reading Greek courses at the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge. During this time Handley became president of the
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in 1996, and her presidential address in 1997 was published as ''Things That Matter''. Handley was only the fifth woman president since the Classical Association was founded in 1903. She is now a Classics tutor at
Wolfson College, Cambridge Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates. The college also admits "mature" undergraduates (aged 21 and above), with around ...
.


Personal life

Handley married Eric Handley on 31 July 1952. He was the leading scholar in the rediscovery of the playwright Menander, writing an important commentary on the
Dyskolos ''Dyskolos'' ( el, , , translated as ''The Grouch'', ''The Misanthrope'', ''The Curmudgeon'', ''The Bad-tempered Man'' or ''Old Cantankerous'') is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole New Comedy, tha ...
. He was Professor of Greek at UCL and then held the Regius Professor of Greek chair at Trinity College, Cambridge until his death in 2013. He was also a fellow of the British Academy.


Select publications

*''A Greek Anthology'' (Carol Handley,
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and John Taylor,
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, 2002) * with Pat Easterling (eds.) ''Greek Scripts: An Illustrated Introduction'' (
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2001) * ''Things That Matter'' (
Classical Association The Classical Association is a British learned society in the field of classics, aimed at developing classical study and promoting its importance in education. Constitution The association was founded on 19 December 1903, and its objects are def ...
1997) * with Jeannie Cohen,
James Morwood James Henry Weldon Morwood (25 November 1943 – 10 September 2017) was an English classicist and author. He taught at Harrow School, where he was Head of Classics,Harrow School Register 2002 8th edition edited by S W Bellringer & published by T ...
, James Neville ''An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek'' (Cambridge University Press, various editions) * ''The Future of Greek in Schools'', Didaskalos (1967) v2 n2 p. 12-22


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Handley, Carol 1929 births Living people British classical scholars Women classical scholars Women heads of schools in the United Kingdom Academics of the Institute of Continuing Education Presidents of the Classical Association