Agnes Headlam-Morley
Agnes Headlam-Morley | |
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Montague Burton Professor of International Relations University of Oxford | |
In office 1948–1970 | |
Preceded by | Sir Llewellyn Woodward |
Succeeded by | Alastair Buchan |
Personal details | |
Born | Sir James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley (father) | 10 December 1902
Education | Wimbledon High School |
Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Agnes Headlam-Morley (10 December 1902 – 21 February 1986) was a British historian and academic. From 1948 to 1971, she was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. Upon her appointment in October 1948, she became the first woman to be appointed to a chair at Oxford.
Early life and education
Headlam-Morley was born on 10 December 1902 in
James Wycliffe Headlam, an academic and civil servant who was involved in drafting the Treaty of Versailles, and Else (née Sonntag), a musician and composer who was born and brought up in Germany. In 1918 her father changed his name to Headlam-Morley.[1] Unlike others of her generation, she had "no secret sense of shame in being half-German".[1][2]
Headlam-Morley was educated at
second class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1924.[1] She then undertook research in modern European political history, and completed a Bachelor of Letters (BLitt) degree in 1926.[1] As per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (Oxon) degree.[4]
Academic career
In 1932, Headlam-Morley was elected a
Anglo-German relations and diplomatic history.[6] She belonged to the traditional school of international relations in which the subject was considered a subfield of history and not a social science.[6] In 1971, she stepped down from the chair and retired from full-time academia.[3]
In 1948, Headlam-Morley was made an honorary fellow of Somerville College, Oxford (her alma mater). She was made an honorary fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1970; the year before her retirement.[1]
Headlam-Morley died on 21 February 1986, aged 83 years.[1]
Personal life
Headlam-Morley was a
Roman Catholicism and was received into the Catholic Church in 1948.[3] She was a member of the Conservative Party, and stood as a candidate in the 1936 election to Durham County Council.[3]
References
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- ^ Headlam-Morley, J. (1972). A Memoir of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. p. xix.
- ^ a b c d e Headlam, Steve (7 May 2012). "HEADLAM-MORLEY, Prof. Agnes". headlam.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Women at Oxford". University of Oxford. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ a b Dunstan, Sarah (10 April 2019). "On the Heirs to Agnes Headlam-Morley". Women and the History of International Thought. University of Sussex. Retrieved 25 May 2021.