Janet (Jessy) Thomson Philip

Janet (Jessy) Thomson Philip (OBE) was a member of the third cohort of female students to study at the University of St Andrews[1] and was School Secretary at the London School for Economics (LSE) from 1920 to 1939.[2]

Janet (Jessy) Thomson Philip
Born26 November 1876
Died25 April 1959
Spouse(s)David Mair (m. 1897); William Beveridge (m. 1942)

Early life and education

Janet Thomson Philip, more commonly known as Jessy, was born in Dundee on 26 November 1876. She left the High School of Dundee to study mathematics at the University of St Andrews from 1893 to 1897.[3]

Career

She met David Beveridge Mair,[4] a mathematician from the University of Cambridge, when he was her external examiner and they married in Newport on Tay in 1897 and had four children, including Lucy Mair, a notable professor of Anthropology. In 1920 she was appointed School Secretary at the London School for Economics and was closely involved in the development of the LSE logo and motto.[5] She was a prolific writer who produced 30 columns a year on London university affairs for the Sunday Times for 3 guineas a week.

Later life

Following the death of her first husband David Mair, she married William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, KCB (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963)[6] on 15 December 1942.[7]

References
  1. "Trailblazing Women at the University of St Andrews: A Celebration for International Women's Day – Special Collections blog". special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  2. "A controversial appointment – Jessy Mair, School Secretary, 1920-1939". LSE History. 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. "Biographical Register 1747-1897". arts.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. Blaikie, Lennard (August 1942). "Mr. D. B. Mair". Nature. 150 (3800): 261–262. doi:10.1038/150261a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  5. ""Cheerful nonsense with brains behind it" – devising the LSE coat of arms". LSE History. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  7. Wagner, A. R. (April 1950). "The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times. By G. E. C, revised and much enlarged. Edited by Geoffrey H. White, F.S.A. Volume XI. Rickerton to Sisonby. 11×8. Pp. vii + 748 + 161. London: St. Catherine Press, 1949". The Antiquaries Journal. 30 (1–2): 100–101. doi:10.1017/s0003581500088417. ISSN 0003-5815.
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