Matilda Ellen Bishop

Miss Matilda Ellen Bishop by James Jebusa Shannon

Matilda Ellen Bishop (12 April 1842 in Tichborne, Hampshire – 1 July 1913 in Camberwell, London) was the first Principal of Royal Holloway College, University of London and was responsible for establishing many of the early traditions at the institution. Her father was a scholarly Church of England clergyman.[1]

  1. ^ "Bishop, Matilda Ellen (1842–1913), college head". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48431. Retrieved 2020-09-20. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)