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

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

  1. ^ "Hon Eleanor Plumer : gifted college administrator". The Times. 1 July 1967.
  2. ^ a b "Eleanor Plumer (1940-1953)". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ^ 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.)
  4. ^ "Samples from the Mary Ward Settlement Archive" (PDF). Mary Ward Centre. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
Academic offices Preceded byGrace Eleanor Hadow Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford 1940—1953 Succeeded byMary Ogilvie
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