Esther Burrows
Burrows [née Bliss], Esther Elizabeth (1847–1935), college head
About Esther Burrows
Lived 1847 – 1935 (aged 87). Esther Burrows was a British college head.
Esther Elizabeth Burrows (née Bliss, 18 October 1847 – 20 February 1935) was a British academic administrator, the first principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1892 to 1910.
She was born Esther Elizabeth Bliss on 18 October 1847 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, the third child and second daughter of William Bliss (1810–1883), a cloth manufacturer in the town, and his wife, Esther Cleaver (1808–1882), the daughter of Robert Cleaver of Saffron Walden, Essex.
Burrows died on 20 February 1935 at her home, 47 Woodstock Road, Oxford, following a stroke, and was buried at St Luke's, Maidenhead.
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Burrows [née Bliss], Esther Elizabeth (1847–1935), college head
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Esther Burrows was born on 18 October 1847 in Chipping Norton.
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Esther Burrows died on 20 February 1935 in Oxford.
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