Person Edith Creak (1855-1919)

1855-1919 Edith Elizabeth Maria Creak was born on 26 July 1855 in Hove, Sussex. She was educated in her father's school and was one of the first students at Newnham College, Cambridge in 1871 and in 1880 was one of the first women admitted to the University of London degree. She was the assistant mistress at Plymouth High School, 1875-1876. In 1876 she was appointed the first head of Brighton High School, a school opened by the Girls' Day School Company. In 1883 she became the head of King Edward VI's High School for Girls. From 1893-1900, She was an associate of Newnham College and founded the Newnham College Club in Birmingham. She resigned from King Edwards' in 1910 and died on 20 May 1919. head mistress GB/366/485 Ruth Watts, ‘Creak, Edith Elizabeth Maria (1855–1919)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51760, accessed 23 June 2008] Deposited/Corporate/GDS/Heads/Creak 23/06/2008 Mkklibyz 08/04/2009 Mkklibyz Creak; Edith Elizabeth Maria (1855-1919); head mistress Creak Edith Elizabeth Maria Female GB/366/475 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes 8cf69478-06a4-4867-a404-d505790b39e4