Mary Allan (British academic)
Scottish academic and educator
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Mary Miller Allan (12 August 1869 – 1 November 1947)[1] was a Scottish academic and educator.[2][3] From 1903 to 1935, she was Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge.[4]
Mary Allan | |
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| Born | 12 August 1869 Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. |
| Died | 1 November 1947 (age 78) Cambridge, England, U.K. |
| Occupations | Academic administrator, educator |
| Known for | Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge (1903–1935) |
Early life and education
Allan was born and raised in Glasgow, the daughter of William Allan and Margaret Young.[5] She was educated at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a Lady Literate in Arts (LLA) degree in 1894, which was the practice before women were allowed to earn standard degrees at the university.[4]
Career
Allan was head teacher at the Higher Grade Central School in Leeds when she became principal of Homerton College, Cambridge in 1903.[6] She succeeded John Horobin, though Horobin's widow Maud Brereton was acting principal after his death.[7] Allan appointed female lecturers, and became the first female president of the Training College Association in 1916.[8] She retired from Homerton in 1935.[4][9] She was succeeded as principal by Alice Skillicorn.[10]
Death and legacy
Mary Miller Allan died in 1947 in Cambridge, at the age of 78. There is a Mary Allan Building at Cambridge, named in her memory.[11] A 1919 portrait of Allan, by Hugh Goldwin Rivière, is in the college's collection.[1]
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