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Esther Elizabeth Burrows | |
|---|---|
| Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford | |
| In office 1892–1910 | |
| Preceded by | first incumbent |
| Succeeded by | Christine Burrows |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Esther Elizabeth Bliss 18 October 1847 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
| Died | 20 February 1935 (aged 87) |
| Resting place | St Luke's Church, Maidenhead |
| Spouse |
Henry Parker Burrows
(m. 1870; died 1871) |
| Children | Christine Burrows |
Esther Elizabeth Burrows (née Bliss, 18 October 1847 – 20 February 1935) was a British academic administrator, the first principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1892 to 1910.[1][2]
She was born Esther Elizabeth Bliss on 18 October 1847 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, the third child and second daughter of William Bliss (1810–1883), a cloth manufacturer in the town, and his wife, Esther Cleaver (1808–1882), the daughter of Robert Cleaver of Saffron Walden, Essex.[1]
In 1892, Dorothea Beale, the principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, offered Burrows the post of principal of St Hilda's, a college for women which she was starting in Oxford. She held the post until she retired in 1910.[1]
On 8 September 1870, in Chipping Norton, she married Henry Parker Burrows (1833-1871), a partner in a Maidenhead firm of wine merchants and brewers, and they had a daughter.[1] She was succeeded as principal by her daughter, Christine Burrows.[3]
Burrows died on 20 February 1935 at her home, 47 Woodstock Road, Oxford, following a stroke, and was buried at St Luke's, Maidenhead.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Burrows [née Bliss], Esther Elizabeth (1847–1935)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48432. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "BURROWS (née BLISS), Esther Elizabeth". The Badsey Society. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Christine Burrows (1921-29)". St-annes.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.