Dorothy Brock

Dame Madeline Dorothy Brock, DBE, Litt.D. (November 18, 1886 – December 31, 1969)[1] was Headmistress of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School, Camberwell, London from 1918 to 1950.[1] She oversaw the evacuation of the school during the Second World War and was succeeded in 1950 by Miss Rachel N Pearse.[2]

She was recognised for her services to education with an OBE in 1929,[1] and was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours, 1947.[3]

From 1951 to 1968 Dame Dorothy was a director of the University of London Press.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dame D. Brock: Educationist of great vision". The Times (London, England). 1 January 1970. p. 12.
  2. ↑ Years of birth/death
  3. ↑ New Years Honours List 1947