Hilde Himmelweit
German social psychologist who was influential on the development of the discipline in the United Kingdom
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Jessy Mair
Sociologist and London School of Economics School Secretary in the 1930s
Jocelyn Hyslop
Having been appointed as Melbourne’s first Director of Social Work Training in 1934, the course which continues to the present as the University of Melbourne Social Work Department, Jocelyn Hyslop spent a decade in Melbourne. She not only established social work training in Victoria but was also the major influence in the establishment of a national social work curriculum which became the basis for today’s strong profession in Australia.
Dr Judith Rees
Judith Rees graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc 1965 and after teaching at Wye College in Kent returned to LSE as a lecturer, completing her PhD in 1978. Judith Rees moved to the University of Hull in 1989 becoming Dean of Geography and Pro-Vice Chancellor. After returning to LSE she was a Pro-Director 1998-2004, later becoming Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute.
Christian Scipio MacTaggart
Christian Scipio Mactaggart worked as School Secretary of the London School of Economics from 1896 to 1919 – not always with the title.
Ellen McArthur
In 1897-1898 Ellen McArthur and Getrude Tuckwell appeared as teachers at the London School of Economics who were both linked with Girton College, Cambridge.
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Sierra Leone activist, teacher and fiction writer Adelaide Casely-Hayford advocated for the Creole community, cultural nationalism, feminism and education for women and girls.
Angela Raspin
The London School of Economics’ first archivist, who served in post from 1975 until 1998.
Anne Bohm
Dean of the Graduate School at the London School of Economics for 20 years – but was never granted the title.
Beatrice Hewart
In 1898, she published The Wages of London Vestry Employees in the Economic Journal.