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Beatrice White with HRH Princes Anne, 1982. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.

Beatrice White (1902-1986) was Lecturer in English Language and Literature at Queen Mary College from 1936 until 1939.

In 1939, she took up a lectureship at Westfield college, becoming acting Head of the English Department from 1944-1946. She was promoted to Reader in 1945, and in 1947 was awarded her DLit by the University of London.

White was president of the Medieval Society of the University of London from 1950. In 1956, she became the first woman to lecture to the Medieval Academic of America at Harvard University.

In 1961, White became Vice-Principal of the College, and in 1967 she was appointed Professor. She retired in 1969 and was elected an Honorary Fellow of Westfield College in 1976.