Ellen Annette McArthur (1862–1927) was a British

economic historian Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of ...

Biography

Ellen Annette McArthur was born on 19 June 1862 in Duffield,

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. She was educated at

Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the un ...

, where she later became the tutor in history. In 1893 she became the first female lecturer at the University of Cambridge Local Examinations & Lectures Syndicate. She was the first woman to receive the degree of

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from

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, under arrangements (see

steamboat ladies "Steamboat ladies" was an informal nickname given to a number of female students (estimated at around 720 graduates) at the women's colleges of the Universities of both Oxford and Cambridge, who were awarded University of Dublin degrees at Trini ...

). Among the publications she contributed to were '' Outlines of English Industrial History'', '' Dictionary of Political Economy'', and the ''

English Historical Review ''The English Historical Review'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1886 and published by Oxford University Press (formerly by Longman). It publishes articles on all aspects of history – British, European, a ...

''. McArthur died of illness on 4 September 1927. She never married and had no children. A monetary endowment created by her will at the University of Cambridge, the Ellen McArthur Fund, has supported lectures, research studentships, and other awards relating to economic history. In 2017, she featured in a conference, ''London's Women Historians'', held at the

Institute of Historical Research The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hou ...

.London's Women Historians.
Laura Carter & Alana Harris, Institute of Historical Research, 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

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The Ellen McArthur Lectures
1862 births 1927 deaths People educated at St Leonards School Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge People associated with Westfield College British historians British women historians Steamboat ladies Fellows of the Royal Historical Society {{UK-historian-stub

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