Elizabeth Pat Story
Elizabeth Pat Story (1931–2025) was an educationalist known for her work on the Cambridge Latin Course textbooks.
Education
[edit]Story studied for a PGCE at Hughes Hall, Cambridge, in 1953.[1]
Career
[edit]Story taught in a girls' grammar school for several years, and by 1967 was working in the Department of Education, University of Oxford.[1] Subsequently, she joined the Cambridge School Classics Project as evaluation officer in 1967.[1] Story returned to Hughes Hall in 1971, where she later held the roles of senior tutor and vice president.[2] Story became deputy director of the Cambridge School Classics Project in 1976, and was promoted to director in 1987.[1] She retired in 1991.[1]
Cambridge Latin Course
[edit]Story was influential on the development of the Cambridge Latin Course textbook series.[1][2] Among her contributions were the graded test initiative and the Independent Learner Manuals.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hunt, Steven (July 2025). "Pat Story (1931–2025)" (PDF). CUCD Bulletin. 54.
- 1 2 Langford, Sarah (2025-04-10). "In Memoriam: Pat Story (1931 – 2025) - Hughes Hall". www.hughes.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ Bristow, Caroline (2025-04-10). "vale, Pat Story". Cambridge School Classics Project Blog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.