Eleanor Mildred Balfour
1845–1936
College head. Sister of Arthur James and Francis Maitland Balfour. Studied mathematics at home. Married Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900) in 1876; they both campaigned for women’s higher education and were interested in psychical research. Collaborated with John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) in his work on measurement of electricity. Vice-principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, 1880–91; principal, 1891–1910.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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