Edith Major | |
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![]() by James Sinton Sleator | |
Born | 15 February 1867 ![]() Lisburn ![]() |
Died | 17 March 1951 ![]() Antrim ![]() |
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Edith Helen Major, CBE[1] (15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951)[2] was an Irish educationalist.[3]
Major was born in Lisburn and educated at Methodist College Belfast[4] and Girton College, Cambridge.[5] She was Assistant Mistress at Blackheath High School from 1891 to 1900 serving under Florence Gadesden.[6] She was Headmistress of Putney High School from 1891 to 1910;[7] and Head Mistress of King Edward VI High School for Girls from 1910 until 1925. Major was Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1925 until 1931.[8][9]
Girton College has a painting of her by James Sleator.[10]
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