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Elizabeth Welsh, 1843-1921

Nationality: Irish
Date of Birth: 1843.03.31
Place of Birth: Portaferry, Co. Down
Date of Death: 1921.02.13
Place of Death: Edinburgh

Identity:

Elizabeth Welsh was a classicist and Mistress of Girton College, Oxford.

Life:

Welsh qualified in the Classical Tripos in 1875. She subsequently taught at Manchester High School, before returning to Girton as tutor in classics. She was Mistress of Girton from 1885-1903. She was in contact with JW in 1885 over the Ten O'Clock Lecture.

Bibliography:

Megson, B. and Lindsay, J., Girton College 1869-1959. An informal history, Cambridge 1961; Girton College Register 1869-1946 ; Stephen, Barbara, Girton College 1869-1932, Cambridge, 1933.