Christine Burrows

Christine Mary Elizabeth Burrows (4 January 1872 – 10 September 1959) was a British academic administrator, the second principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1910 to 1919.

Christine Burrows
Christine Burrows, from an 1894 source.
Born4 January 1872
Chipping Norton
Died10 September 1959
Oxford
NationalityBritish
OccupationCollege principal

Early life

Christine Burrows was the daughter of Esther Elizabeth Burrows and Henry Parker Burrows.[1] Her father, a businessman, died before she was born; her mother was the first principal of St Hilda's.[2] She was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire on 4 January 1872[1] and educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and completed a master's degree in 1921.[3]

Career

Burrows became vice principal of St Hilda's at the age of 23, and succeeded her mother as principal in 1910.[4] She resigned from the principalship in 1919, to care for her ailing mother.[1]

Burrows was principal of the Society of Oxford Home Students (now St Anne's College, Oxford), from 1921 to 1929.[4][3] In 1920 she and five others represented the British Federation of University Women at the International Federation of University Women meeting in London.[5] In 1926 she served as principal of an Oxford summer course for over 200 American women students.[6] Again, in 1929, she resigned her position to care for her mother, who died in 1935. In her retirement, Burrows served on a committee of the Church of England, on the place of women in the church, and wrote a history of St. Hilda's College.[1]

Personal life

Burrows died at St Luke's Home, Linton Road, Oxford, on 10 September 1959. Following a funeral at St Giles' Church, Oxford, her body was cremated.[1]

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References
  1. Butler, R. F.; Rayner, Margaret E. (8 October 2009). "Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959)". ODNB. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. "BURROWS (née BLISS), Esther Elizabeth". The Badsey Society. 1915-03-18. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  3. "Christine Burrows (1872-1959)". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  4. "Founder and Principals". St. Hilda's, Oxford. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  5. "International Federation of University Women". The Journal of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. 14: 8. October 1920.
  6. Winn, Agnes (January 1928). "A Summer Vacation Course at Oxford". Journal of the American Association of University Women. 21: 45.
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