Hannah Robertson

Hannah Robertson (5 November 1862 – 15 March 1950) was a British educationist and promoter of higher education for women. She was head hunted in 1904 by Leeds University and she was their "Mistress of Method" and their "Tutor of Women" until 1921. In 1924 she was awarded a doctor of laws.

Life Robertson was born in Peterhead in 1862. Her father, Francis Robertson, built ships and he and Hannah (born Smith) had six notable sisters. Hannah was the fourth of the six. When she was five the rest of the family emigrated to New Zealand leaving her in Peterhead in the care of relatives. Her mother and sisters returned when she was eleven after her father's death.

Robertson oversaw a large increase in the number of women students. In 1910 she gained two assistants. In 1921 she requested to retire from January 1922 and the university board thanked her for her work. There was no one who could carry out the double job that she had carried out. She was replaced by more than one person. She was the first woman to receive this honour from Leeds University.

Robertson died in retirement at St Margaret's Nursing Home in Paignton in 1950.