Muriel Frances Ellen Pelham-Johnson (1903-1998), informally known as PJ, was an educational administrator in Tanganyika. As Assistant Director of Education (Girls and Women), she supervised the growth of girl's education between 1939 and 1958.[1] "A formidable personality and an intrepid traveller, she was a memorably outstanding figure" of pre-independence.[2]

She died on December 18, 1998.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Clive Whitehead (2003). Colonial Educators: The British Indian and Colonial Education Service 1858-1983. I.B.Tauris. pp. 101–2. ISBN 978-0-85771-150-2.
  2. 1 2 Obituaries, Tanzanian Affairs, May 1999.


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