Rosalind Brown

Rosalind Brown or Rosalind Mabel Haig Brown (20 January 1872 – 7 September 1964) was a British headmistress at Oxford High School for thirty years.

Rosalind Brown
Born20 January 1872
London
Died7 September 1964 (1964-09-08) (aged 92)
Boars Hill
NationalityUnited Kingdom

Life

Brown was born in London in 1872. Her father was William Haig Brown who at the time was the headmaster of Charterhouse, but at the time its future was doubtful. Her father would be known as the school's second founder and one of the great headmasters. Her mother was Annie Marion (born Rowsell) and she was one of twelve children that included the Reverend Thomas James Rowsell.[1] Her younger brother was an amateur footballer, writer and soldier Alan Haig-Brown.[2]

After attending Guildford high school, she went on to Girton College, Cambridge where she took maths and medieval history. She took the mathematical tripos in 1896 and the medieval and modern languages tripos in 1897 being placed with second class and third class honours. Cambridge University did not give women a degree due to discrimination, but she obtained an M.A. degree from Trinity College, Dublin in 1906.[3]

Meanwhile, she spent four years at Blackheath High School from 1897 before she applied for the headship of Oxford High School. In 1902 she was 29 when she became the headteacher of Oxford High School. She set a high standard and was known for talks about ethics. Some of her addresses were published in 1931 under the title "Ad Lucem; Some Addresses by Haig-Brown, R. M." by the Oxford University Press.[4] She opened boarding houses at the school and retired in 1932.[3] After she retired she supported the United Nations Association and the Oxford City Moral Welfare Association which reached out to help mothers who were not married.[3]

Brown died at a nursing home in Boars Hill in 1964. She had not married or had children of her own.[3]

References
  1. "Brown, William Haig (1823–1907), headmaster headmistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33634. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. "Brown or Haig-Brown, Alan Roderick (BRWN896AR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Brown, Rosalind Mabel Haig (1872–1964)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48693. Retrieved 2020-07-26. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Ad Lucem; Some Addresses by Haig-Brown, R. M. [1872-1964]: (1931) | Little Stour Books PBFA Member". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
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