Carol Margaret Handley (née Taylor; 17 October 1929 – 21 June 2024) was a British educator who was headmistress of Camden School for Girls (1971–1985) and president of the Classical Association (1996–1997). Handley was later a classics tutor at Wolfson College, Cambridge. 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.[1][2]
Carol Handley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carol Margaret Taylor 17 October 1929 London, England |
| Died | 21 June 2024 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Claud Hilary and Margaret Eleanor (Peebles) Taylor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University College, London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Institutions | |
Career
editAfter completing her Classics BA at UCL in 1951, Handley began her teaching career at Queen's Gate School, London in 1952. She moved to Camden School for Girls in 1956 as a Classics teacher becoming the Senior Classics mistress. In 1965 Handley became Deputy Head and then Headmistress in 1971.[3] She retired from Camden School for Girls in 1985.
Throughout this time Handley was involved with the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, and was co-founder with David Raeburn and John Sharwood Smith of the JACT Greek summer school in 1968.[4] When the original venue, Dean Close School, Cheltenham, became unavailable in 1986, she was instrumental in finding Bryanston School for the new location of the Greek summer school,[5] working closely with James Morwood, who had succeeded David Raeburn as Director.[4]
From 1991 to 2005, Handley was the director of the Reading Greek courses at the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge.[6] During this time Handley became president of the Classical Association in 1996, and her presidential address in 1997 was published as Things That Matter.[7] Handley was only the fifth woman president since the Classical Association was founded in 1903. She is now a Classics tutor at Wolfson College, Cambridge.[8]
Personal life and death
editHandley married Eric Handley on 31 July 1952. He was the leading scholar in the rediscovery of the playwright Menander, writing an important commentary on the Dyskolos. He was Professor of Greek at UCL and then held the Regius Professor of Greek chair at Trinity College, Cambridge until his death in 2013. He was also a fellow of the British Academy.[9][3]
Carol Handley died on 21 June 2024, at the age of 94.[10]
Select publications
edit- A Greek Anthology (Carol Handley, James Morwood and John Taylor, Cambridge University Press, 2002) ISBN 0-52-100026-2
- with Pat Easterling (eds.) Greek Scripts: An Illustrated Introduction (Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2001)[11]
- Things That Matter (Classical Association 1997)[7]
- with Jeannie Cohen, James Morwood, James Neville An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek (Cambridge University Press, various editions)[12][13]
- The Future of Greek in Schools, Didaskalos (1967) v2 n2 p. 12–22[14]
References
edit- ^ Stray, Christopher (1922). "The Classical Association: The First Century 1903-2003". searchworks.stanford.edu. ISBN 9780198528746. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "The Classical Association: The First Century 1903-2003". Greece & Rome. 50. 2003. JSTOR i278867.
- ^ a b "Professor Eric Handley". The Times. 6 February 2013. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ a b James Morwood (2013). "The JACT Greek Summer School" (PDF). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Taylor, John. "James at Bryanston, and beyond" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Protest over end of 'classics' at Queen's". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ a b Handley, Carol (2003). "Things That Matter". Greece & Rome. 50: 209–225. doi:10.1093/gr/50.suppl_1.209. JSTOR 3567846.
- ^ "Mrs Carol Handley | Wolfson College Cambridge". www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Tribute to Eric Handley". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Alumni and Friends". The Camden School for Girls. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Kerkeslager, Allen (2002). "Review of: Greek Scripts: An Illustrated Introduction". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- ^ Teachers, Joint Association of Classical (10 April 2008). An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139469395.
- ^ Alain, Martin (1998). "Jeannie Cohen, Carol Handley, James Morwood & James Neville, An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek". L'Antiquité Classique (in French). 67 (1).
- ^ Handley, Carol (1967). The Future of Greek in Schools. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, Oxford (England). Washington, D.C.: Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse.