Rosemary Murray | |
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge | |
In office 1975–1977 | |
Chancellor | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
Preceded by | John Wilfrid Linnett |
Succeeded by | Alan Cottrell |
Personal details | |
Born | Havant, Hampshire, England | 28 July 1913
Died | 7 October 2004 John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England | (aged 91)
Dame Alice Rosemary Murray, DBE, DL (28 July 1913 – 7 October 2004)[1][2] was an English chemist and educator. She was instrumental in establishing New Hall, Cambridge, now Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, and was the first woman to hold the office of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.[1][3][4]