Eleanor Plumer
Eleanor Mary Plumer (22 July 1885 – 29 June 1967) was a British academic administrator. She was the eldest daughter of Field Marshal Herbert Plumer.[1][2][3]
Career[edit]
After studying English at King's College London, she worked there as a lecturer and tutor to women students.
In 1924 she became Warden of the Mary Ward Settlement[4] and from 1927 to 1931 of St Andrew's Hall, University of Reading.
She was appointed Principal of the Society of Oxford Home-Students in 1940 and oversaw it's change to become St Anne's Society in 1942 and then St Anne's College in 1952. She retired in 1953.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hon Eleanor Plumer : gifted college administrator". The Times. 1 July 1967.
- ^ a b "Eleanor Plumer (1940-1953)". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Badsey, Stephen (6 January 2011). "Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, first Viscount Plumer (1857–1932)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35545. Retrieved 31 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Samples from the Mary Ward Settlement Archive" (PDF). Mary Ward Centre. Retrieved 25 May 2021.