Louisa Lumsden

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Title

Louisa Lumsden

Description

Louisa Lumsden was a Scottish pioneer of female education born on December 31st, 1840, in Aberdeen. Lumsden was the founding headmistress of St Leonards School in St Andrews, which was the first school for girls in Scotland modelled after English public schools. She was extremely enthusiastic at the location of the school, which she thought provided an opportunity to attend a first-rate school without having to travel to England.

Lumsden returned to St Andrews in 1895 as founder and first warden of University Hall, the first purpose-built hall of residence for women in Scotland.

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Source

pioneeringwomenwalkingtourmap

Date

1840

Contributor

amm60

Type

Site

Identifier

373

Spatial Coverage

current,56.337575798195374,-2.811708211374935;

Europeana

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

709

End Date

1935

Pin

PIN8

Citation

“Louisa Lumsden,” St Andrews Science, accessed November 23, 2024, https://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/standscience/omeka/items/show/673.