List of principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

The head of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is Professor Stephen Blyth, since October 2022.[1]

Founding principal Elizabeth Wordsworth in 1928
Name Birth Death Principal
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Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth 1840 1932 1879 – 1909 Novelist and founding principal, also the founder of St Hugh's College[2]
Henrietta Jex-Blake 1869 1953 1909 – 1921 Violinist and school headmistress prior to joining LMH[3]
Lynda Grier 1880 1967 1921 – 1945 Economist[4]
Dame Lucy Sutherland 1903 1980 1945 – 1971 Historian[5]
Sally Chilver 1914 2014 1971 – 1979 Historian, political scientist and anthropologist
Duncan Stewart 1930 1996 1979 – 1995 Fellow of Wadham College and university administrator[6]
Sir Brian Fall 1937 1995–2002 Diplomat
Dame Frances Lannon 1945 2002–2015 Historian
Alan Rusbridger 1953 2015–2021 Journalist and newspaper editor
Christine Gerrard 1959 2021–2022 Interim Principal; Professor of English Literature
Stephen Blyth 2022– Professor of the Practice of Statistics at Harvard University

References

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  1. ^ "The Principal". Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ Lannon, Frances (2004). "Wordsworth, Dame Elizabeth [pseud. Grant Lloyd] (1840 – 1932), college head". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37024. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Perrone, Fernanda Helen (2004). "Henrietta Jex-Blake (1862 – 1953)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48442. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ McWilliams Tullberg, Rita (2004). "Grier, (Mary) Lynda Dorothea (1880 – 1967), educational administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48438. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Whiteman, Anne (2004). "Sutherland, Dame Lucy Stuart (1903 – 1980), historian and college head". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31738. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Brundin, Clark (28 May 1996). "Obituary: Duncan Stewart". Independent. Retrieved 10 July 2016.