Agnes Headlam-Morley

Headlam-Morley was born on 10 December 1902 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] She was the only daughter of Sir James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley.[1] She was educated at Wimbledon High School, an all-girls independent school in Wimbledon, London.[2] She studied modern history at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with a second class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1924.[1] She then undertook research in modern European political history, and completed a Bachelor of Letters (BLitt) degree in 1926.[1]

In 1932, Headlam-Morley was elected a Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford. Until her retirement, she was a tutor in history and politics at St Hugh's.[1][2] In October 1948, she was appointed Montague Burton Professor of International Relations.[3] This made her the first woman to be appointed a chair at the University of Oxford.[1] In 1971, she stepped down from the chair and retired from full-time academia.[2]

In 1948, Headlam-Morley was made an honorary fellow of Somerville College, Oxford (her alma mater). She was made an honorary fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1970; the year before her retirement.[1]

Headlam-Morley died on 21 February 1986, aged 83 years.[1]

Headlam-Morley was a convert to Roman Catholicism and was received into the Catholic Church in 1948.[2] She was a member of the Conservative Party, and stood as a candidate in the 1936 election to Durham County Council.[2]