Jean Wilks
British educator
About Jean Wilks
Lived 1917 – 2014 (aged 96–97).
Jean Wilks (1917–2014) was a headmistress at The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and King Edward VI High School for Girls. She studied at North London Collegiate School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she was later made an honorary fellow. During her career, she was a governor and adviser to the Schools' Council, sat on the Public Schools Commission, was president of the Association of Headmistresses and was the first female pro-chancellor of Birmingham University.
Her brother was Hector Wilks.
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Who was Jean Wilks?
British educator (1917-2014)
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Jean Wilks was born in 1917.
When did Jean Wilks die?
Jean Wilks died in 2014.
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