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| birth_date = 1886 |
| birth_date = 2 October 1886 |
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| death_date = 1971 |
| death_date = 27 June 1971 |
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| predecessor = [[Ruth Louisa Cohen]] |
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| successor = [[Pernel Strachey]] |
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'''Dame Myra Curtis''' CBE (1886–1971) was an editor, [[civil servant]] and the principal of [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] from 1942 to 1954.<ref name=HDBW/> |
'''Dame Myra Curtis''' CBE (1886–1971) was an editor, [[civil servant]] and the principal of [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] from 1942 to 1954.<ref name=HDBW/><ref name=DNB/> |
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<ref name=HDBW>{{citation |page=125 |author=MZ |title=Curtis, Dame Myra (1886–1971) |work=A Historical Dictionary of British Women |editor=Cathy Hartley |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9781135355333}}</ref> |
<ref name=HDBW>{{citation |page=125 |author=MZ |title=Curtis, Dame Myra (1886–1971) |work=A Historical Dictionary of British Women |editor=Cathy Hartley |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9781135355333}}</ref> |
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<ref name=DNB>{{citation |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40538 |title=Curtis, Dame Myra |publisher=Oxford University Press |author=Mary Alvey Thomas |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/40538}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:33, 8 March 2017
Myra Curtis | |
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 portrait by Herbert James Gunn | |
| Born | 2 October 1886 Sunderland |
| Died | 27 June 1971 Bognor Regis |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Known for | Principal of Newnham College |
| Predecessor | Ruth Louisa Cohen |
| Successor | Pernel Strachey |
| Parent(s) | George and Annie Curtis |
Dame Myra Curtis CBE (1886–1971) was an editor, civil servant and the principal of Newnham College, Cambridge from 1942 to 1954.[1][2]
References
- ^ MZ (2013), Cathy Hartley (ed.), "Curtis, Dame Myra (1886–1971)", A Historical Dictionary of British Women, Routledge, p. 125, ISBN 9781135355333
- ^ Mary Alvey Thomas (2004), "Curtis, Dame Myra", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40538
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