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1860-1951 Katharine Jex-Blake was born in 1860 at Rugby School, the daughter of Thomas William Jex-Blake (1832-1915), the school master and later head master at Rugby school. She was educated with her sisters at Rugby School before reading classics at Girton College, Cambridge, 1879-1883. After leaving Girton she taught at Notting Hill and Bayswater High School before returning to Girton as the Resident Classics lecturer, in 1885. She went on to become the Director of Studies in Classics from 1901- 1919; Vice-Mistress, 1903- 1916; and Mistress of the College, 1916 -1922. In 1896 she published a translation of Pliny the elder's Chapters on the History of Art. From 1925-1937 she was an active member of the Council of her former employers, the Girls' Public Day School Trust and was later elected a vice-president of the Trust. She died at in 1951. GB/366/570 Fernanda Helen Perrone, ‘Blake, Katharine Jex- (1860–1951)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48441, accessed 15 Sept 2008] Deposited/Corporate/GDS/Council/Jex-Blake 15/09/2008 Mkklibyz 13/03/2009 Mkklibyz Blake; Katharine Jex- (1860-1951) Blake Katharine Jex- Female 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 bac777e2-0653-4c6b-ad93-916d21c9bc90