Carol Margaret Handley was a British educator who was headmistress of Camden School for Girls and president of the Classical Association.
11 Facts About Carol Handley
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Carol Handley is known for her longstanding advocacy for Classics education in schools and universities, as well as for her work on teaching and examination materials for the Joint Association of Classical Teachers and for the University of Cambridge.
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Carol Handley moved to Camden School for Girls in 1956 as a Classics teacher becoming the Senior Classics mistress.
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In 1965 Carol Handley became Deputy Head and then Headmistress in 1971.
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Carol Handley retired from Camden School for Girls in 1985.
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From 1991 to 2005, Carol Handley was the director of the Reading Greek courses at the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge.
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Carol Handley was only the fifth woman president since the Classical Association was founded in 1903.
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Carol Handley is a Classics tutor at Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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Carol Handley was the leading scholar in the rediscovery of the playwright Menander, writing an important commentary on the Dyskolos.
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Carol Handley was Professor of Greek at UCL and then held the Regius Professor of Greek chair at Trinity College, Cambridge until his death in 2013.
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Carol Handley died on 21 June 2024, at the age of 94.