Edith Helen Major,
CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951) was an Irish educationalist.
Major was born in
Lisburn
Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...
and educated at
Methodist College Belfast
God with us
, established = 1865
, type = Voluntary grammar
, religion = Interdenominational
, principal = Jenny Lendrum
, chair_label = Chairwoman
, chair = Revd. Dr Janet Unsworth
, founder ...
and
Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College is one of the 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 ...
. She was
Assistant Mistress at
Blackheath High School
Blackheath High School is an independent day school for girls in Blackheath Village in southeast London, England. It was founded in 1880 as part of the Girls' Day School Trust; the Senior School occupied a purpose-built site in Wemyss Road for ...
from 1891 to 1900;
Headmistress
A head master, head instructor, bureaucrat, headmistress, head, chancellor, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school. In som ...
of
Putney High School
Putney High School is an independent all-girls school in Putney, London. Often referred to as simply Putney, the school admits students from the ages 4–18. Founded in 1893 it is a member of the Girls' Day School Trust, a union of 26 schools ...
from 1891 to 1910; and
Head Mistress of
King Edward VI High School for Girls
King Edward VI High School for Girls ''(KEHS)'' () is an independent secondary school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It was founded in 1883. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham and occupies the same ...
from 1910 until 1925. Major was
Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1925 until 1931.
[Margaret Bryant]
Major, Edith Helen (1867–1951)
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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'', Oxford University Press, 2004.
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1867 births
1951 deaths
People educated at Methodist College Belfast
Irish women educators
Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge
Mistresses of Girton College, Cambridge
People from Lisburn
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
19th-century Irish educators
20th-century Irish educators
19th-century women educators
20th-century women educators
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