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Margaret Eleanor Theodora Addison (October 21, 1868 - December 18, 1940) was a Canadian educator and the sixth woman to graduate from Victoria College. She was the first dean of women at
Victoria College, Toronto Victoria University is a federated university forming part of the wider University of Toronto, and was founded in 1836. The undergraduate section of the university is Victoria College, informally ''Vic'', after the original name of the univers ...
,Jean O’Grady, “ADDISON, MARGARET ELEANOR THEODORA,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 3, 2020, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/addison_margaret_eleanor_theodora_16E.html and served as dean of
Annesley Hall Annesley Hall is the all-female residence at Victoria College, University of Toronto. The residence is located across from the Royal Ontario Museum and is designated a National Historic Site of Canada National Historic Sites of Canada (fren ...
from 1903 until 1931. Addison graduated from Victoria in 1889 with a BA in modern languages. She was appointed a CBE in 1934. She taught mathematics and chemistry at the Ontario Ladies’ College in
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(1889–1891) before becoming a specialist in French and German at Stratford Collegiate Institute (1892–1900) and Lindsay Collegiate Institute (1901–1903). The Margaret Addison Scholarship for women pursuing postgraduate studies outside Canada was created to recognize her contributions to women in higher education. In 1959 a residence was opened at Victoria College and named after her –
Margaret Addison Hall Victoria University is a federated university forming part of the wider University of Toronto, and was founded in 1836. The undergraduate section of the university is Victoria College, informally ''Vic'', after the original name of the univers ...
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