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Margaret Wileman | |
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Principal of Hughes Hall, Cambridge | |
In office 1953–1973 | |
Preceded by | Marguerite Verini |
Succeeded by | Desmond Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Annie Wileman 19 July 1908 |
Died | 12 August 2014 106) | (aged
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall,Oxford University of Paris |
Awards | Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France) |
Margaret Annie Wileman (19 July 1908 –12 August 2014) was a British academic administrator,lecturer in education,and teacher. From 1953 to 1973,she was Principal of Hughes Hall,Cambridge,and a lecturer in education at the Faculty of Education,University of Cambridge. She had previously taught at The Abbey School,Reading,and at Queen's College,London;two all-girls private schools. She had also lectured at St Katherine's College,Warrington,and at Bedford College,University of London
Wileman was born on 19 July 1908 to Clement Wileman and Alice Wileman ( née Brinson). [1] In 1927,having won a scholarship to study modern languages,she matriculated into Lady Margaret Hall,Oxford. [1] In 1930,she graduated from the University of Oxford with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; [2] as per tradition,her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. [1] She then trained as a teacher at the Department of Education,University of Oxford. [3] In 1931,she was awarded the Zaharoff Travelling Scholarship and studied at the University of Paris. [1]
Wileman's early career was spent as a school teacher. From 1931 to 1937,she was an assistant at The Abbey School,Reading,an all-girls private school in Reading. [1] Then,from 1937 to 1940,she was Senior Tutor at Queen's College,London,an all-girls independent school in the City of Westminster. [1]
In 1940,Wileman moved into academia and became a lecturer at St Katherine's College,a university college in Warrington,Cheshire that offered higher education to women. [1] [2] [3] In 1944,she moved to Bedford College,University of London. [1] There,she was a tutor and resident warden until she moved to Oxford. [1] [2]
In 1953,Wileman was appointed Principal of Hughes Hall,Cambridge. [1] At the time,Hughes Hall was all-female and the smallest college of the University of Cambridge with a maximum of 70 students. [2] Under her leadership,the college began accepting students to study for degrees in addition to education,she greatly increased the number of students,and the college became the first all-women college to accept male students in 1973. [2] [3] In addition to heading a college,she was a university lecturer in education and Director of Women Students in the Faculty of Education. [1]
Wileman retired in 1973 and was appointed an honorary fellow of Hughes Hall,Cambridge. [1] She died on 12 August 2014,aged 106. [2]
Wileman never married. [2] She was a devout Roman Catholic, [2] [3] and in her retirement she administered educational programmes for nuns alongside Sister Gregory Kirkus. [2] [4]
In 2000,she was appointed an Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government "in recognition of her services to French literature". [3] [4] The main building of Hughes Hall,Cambridge was renamed in her honour and is now the Margaret Wileman Building. [5]
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