Margaret Wileman

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Margaret Wileman
Principal of Hughes Hall, Cambridge
In office
1953–1973
Preceded byMarguerite Verini
Succeeded byDesmond Lee
Personal details
Born
Margaret Annie Wileman

(1908-07-19)19 July 1908
Died12 August 2014(2014-08-12) (aged 106)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
(France)

Margaret Annie Wileman (19 July 1908 – 12 August 2014) was a British

Bedford College, University of London

Early life and education

Wileman was born on 19 July 1908 to Clement Wileman and Alice Wileman (

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]

Career

The Margaret Wileman Building of Hughes Hall, Cambridge

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

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]

Personal life

Wileman never married.

nuns alongside Sister Gregory Kirkus.[2][4]

Honours

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "WILEMAN, Margaret Annie". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Margaret Wileman". The Times. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Margaret Wileman, former president of Hughes Hall in Cambridge, who lived through WW1 and WW2, dies aged 106". The Cambridge News. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Margaret Wileman - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ^ "History of Hughes Hall". Hughes Hall. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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Principal of Hughes Hall, Cambridge

1953 to 1973 		Succeeded by
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